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[quote=Anonymous]Mom of a 12 year old DD, only child. She seems to get suspicious, maybe a little bit annoyed, when DH and I are having fun, watching a movie or whatever and she isn’t included. But when we ask if she wants to join, she always says no. I often ask her if she wants to join, knowing full well that she doesn’t, just so that she knows she’s welcome. When she was younger, maybe 5-6 years old, she threw fits a few times when we attempted to go out to dinner without her. We felt awful but we stayed firm about the fact that we needed to have a time for ourselves as a couple. We definitely didn’t do it enough, though. Like a PP said, I think a lot of this is projecting and wrestling with changing and conflicting feelings about how much they want to be with parents and how much they’re ready to individuate. [/quote]
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