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[quote=Anonymous]My husband and the father are cousins but extremely close, grew up almost like brothers. The mother and I went to college together, were sorority sisters and went on [i]spring breaks[/i] together and she introduced my husband and I. Their kids call us "Aunt and Uncle" and vice versa. We hang out together - sometimes even take a trip together.

I feel like I just keep trashing them here and I feel a bit bad but being in a frat is about "appearances" to them. You go to college, you join a frat, then you go to law/business school ...  ykwim? Since the golden child went off to college I've been trying to be compassionate and gentle with mom. She had a really hard time letting him go. Would burst into tears at the dinner table because he wasn't there, stuff like that. Dad is happy about it because I think he is living a bit vicariously through his son, monthly trips to go golfing and hang out around campus, but he is still controlling the purse strings and keeping a close eye on him.

The most ironic thing in all this is mom moved as far from home as possible to get away from her meddling parents, who wouldn't allow her to marry until she got a master's degree among other things. She doesn't see that she is going to do the same thing to her sons. As for dad, my DH has mentioned that he has always been controlling in all his relationships but as far as I know my DH's aunt and uncle never smothered/controlled their children.[/quote]

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