<p>Not only has our son not shown interest in further pursuing the Air Force Academy, he has been showing resistance to applying to any schools other than University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC). UMKC is a commuter school, a 20 minute drive from our house.</p>
<p>As I stated in the OP, I thought he was just afraid of leaving the security of home and being outside his comfort zone. Now my wife and I are starting to put the pieces together. Our son’s “in love” and he’s not about to let the rest of his life get in the way of a teenage romance. His girlfriend is a very sweet girl, one that we’d be proud to have as a daughter-in-law someday, but now we need to know how to proceed while we deal with this issue. His girlfriend is home-schooled and we don’t know if she even intends to go to college.</p>
<p>Should we now insist he contact the ALO while we deal with the teenage romance issue, or should we let him let the opportunity pass him by.</p>