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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My senior daughter is in a friend group of about a half dozen girls who have all been friends since elementary or middle school. All the girls but mine now have boyfriends and there is a party tonight that all the couples are going to. It's at a country club that one of the kids belongs to so isn't an open invite. My kid will be at home alone as we have plans as well (and I can't cancel). Her brother will be out with his girlfriend.

I'm not sure what the point of this is except that it is hard to watch. The 1:1 coupling is now happening most weekends. She keeps expanding her friend group but then those girls end up dating someone too. I'm eager for college to start but I wonder if this will all happen again. Sigh. Thanks for listening.

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I'm sorry.  That's hard.  I've been her. And afterward, I have tried not to let my friends be her.  My group of friends, back in the day, implemented a "weekend rule." We'd see boyfriends one night and our female friends another night.  Or at least have one thing planned each weekend with our female friends. It's easy to get intoxicated on those first loves and just cut everyone else out, and that's not cool for many reasons, but one that might resonate is, who's gonna help you pick up the pieces if the relationship doesn't work out?

I have tried to instill this in my teen son as well. It's fine to have a girlfriend.  Just don't forget your guy friends too.  I'm not sure if your daughter could suggest something like this to her friends? Or proactively plan stuff where it's just a girls night out type of thing.  [/quote]

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