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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]If they are financially independent[/b], you respect them as peers. You treat them as peers. You strive for a relationship of equals.

How do you make someone love you? You can't. All parties remain in each other's lives and care/love each other by choice.

Feeling attachment and love is what's ordinary. I would expect, that it's only in the most outliner/uniquely evil scenarios that love doesn't exist into adulthood.[/quote]

This, plus what a previous poster said about 18+ versus still in college or graduated.

Mine are recent college grad "adults" -- one working in new career of choice...the other working, but not quite in career of choice so still actively looking. Both still living at home as jobs are in HCOL NOVA and I'm still footing the bill on things to give them a leg up and allow them to save/pay down small college loans. As mine are not quite fully financially independent, I am walking the fine line/gray area of giving advice. I do try to say...."this is my unsolicited advice, you can take it or leave it but then you have to live with the consequences." [/quote]

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