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[quote=Anonymous]My daughter had this exact friendship, constant texting FaceTime and hangouts 1 on 1 (and group). It turned out both of them liked each other the whole time and eventually one of them confessed. They dated for 6 months, and it escalated quickly when they did. They were already so comfortable with each other and it was too late to add a bunch of rules by the time I figured it out.

It was a wonderful first relationship and then he abruptly broke up with her. Which was traumatic. I think she might have tried to remain friends but he actually started being really mean, and she ended up hating him bc of it. He ended up trying to patch up the friendship but she is done with him and lots of social awkwardness has come from it bc they have a lot of mutual friends.

I don’t really know what to tell you though bc I don’t think there is a way to stop it as a parent. I will say that 5 months post break up my daughter has WAY more friends than she had when she was with him. I wonder if their friendship was actually a bit of a crutch for her that kept her from making more bc they were always hanging out just them.

Anyway - it also could just be platonic. My daughter has many male friends and I know the ones that aren’t cute or tall she would never date lol. Observe their interactions - it’s usually pretty obvious if there is interest on either side. I knew it was there as a parent even when they didn’t. [/quote]

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