How to Bite your Tongue

Pea
Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:38:18 +0000

You’ve gotten some good nuggets of wisdom here. Your daughter’s case sounds extreme but I was certainly a fool for love when I was her age. I know my mother had problems with one of my boyfriends but she kept quiet. She was right, I was in a terrible relationship, but I think I had to learn that on my own. This might be a strange thing but I think my wisdom hit overnight. After nine months of crap from this guy I was ready to get out. I did and everything changed for me for the better. I felt better about myself, I was able to make friends, and I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off of my shoulders. If my mother had spent a lot of time worrying it just would have been wasted energy.

I echo the earlier poster who pointed out at least she isn’t getting married. I have a friend who’s daughter is walking into what looks to be a disastrous marriage and there is nothing she can do about it. Her daughter is going to have to learn the hard way.