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[quote=Anonymous]Oh, geez. I had a mom like you, OP. She was always worried that I wasn't "social" and "socially proactive" enough. She was monitoring my friendships, asking why I wasn't going to some dance or other event. It was awful. It made me feel like there was something wrong with me when there wasn't. I was just an old soul from a young age. I wasn't destined to fit in with girls my age who didn't share my interests and were quite frankly less mature than I was. Yet, my mother wanted to be updated on my "progress". It became clear to me as I grew that she was living/reliving her social life through me and I was somehow responsible for it. Talk about a cross to bear, feeling responsible for your own mother's social happiness that I really had no power over. I was just a kid with zero power. Please do not do this "proactive" crap to your DD. Do nothing, drop it, move on. Send the message to your DD that she is doing just fine as she is right now, you love her for the person she is right now. You go make your own friends, Mom. Let your DD be.[/quote]

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