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Joh
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Joh asked in Pregnancy & ParentingTeen & Preteen · 10 years ago

Question for your teenage self?

My 18 year old daughter is dating a guy that everyone in our family thinks is an absolute wrong choice for her. Not just immediate family - I'm talking aunts, uncles, grandparents and her friends too.

He speaks down to her, uses and goes through her 'phone, says really bitchy things and then claims it's a 'joke' and (in my opinion) bullies her by being passive aggressive and sulky.

She was recently hospitalised with severe abdominal pain and he thought it would be fun to poke her belly to 'test' if the morphine and oxycodone was working yet - yes! the pain was that bad ): They broke up yesterday after he objected to being told how unsupportive he had been while she was ill but he now seems to have convinced her to give him another shot. They had a screaming fight and he damaged our front door through slamming and/or hitting it but now it is all supposed to be fine :(

We have tried to be as supportive of her as we can but I think the horrendous peer bullying that she has been through has left her vulnerable to this type of control. My major concern is that through his controlling and manipulative behaviour he is alienating her from her support network (both friends and family). My friends that I have seen date men who exhibited these behaviours have ended up in very abusive relationships.

Please, can anyone give me some advice on how to help her to see that she deserves better than this?

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago
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    You need to talk to your daughter about how you are feeling. Tell her how scared you are for her. Tell her she deserves better. You need to have a heart to heart mother daughter moment. But don't ever tell her what to do because she will do the complete opposite.

    I don't think a bf that truly loved her would do that. If that was me I wouldn't even tolerate that from a friend never mind a bf.

    Source(s): Being a 19 year old girl.
  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Sorry I have to say this but you might have to tell some lies. Have a talk to him and change the things he says to sound really bad so that she will hate him. Or you could say that you saw him making out with another girl.

  • PARENTAL CONTROL. ON MTV. Just kidding, but talk to her and explain to her that she can do better than this douchebag. She's pretty, gorgeous, etc.

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