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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We did and TRUELY wish we did not. They dated 1.5 years. He just broke up with her 2 days before Valentines Day. He is leaving to go to college in California and she is beyond devastated. She is screaming and crying. She starts therapy next week. They still remain "Best Friends" which does NO GOOD! Yes they slept together. We like the boy a lot. However, the age difference is huge and he is moving on. He explained it and she is in denial. Yes they will go to Prom and such.....but her heart is broken.[/quote]

Wow, he's being pretty cruel to drag this out. Death by a thousand paper cuts. Please encourage her to make a clean break.[/quote]

I’m sorry for your child but it reminds me of some advice a parent of male adults told me as we were sitting next to each other getting pedicures.  She told me not to bother getting to know any girls my son dated or slept with as a teenager because none of the relationships last.  After that, I never asked about any girl he was seeing or when they broke up.  His father and I talked to him about being respectful,having safe sex and knowing when a girl says no it means no and not maybe.  He’s in 11th grade now and I think I met one “girl friend” of many in the three years of high school.  I told my daughter, his twin, boys don’t care about her or any other girl in high school.  It’s mostly about the friends with benefits.  Thankfully she’s a student athlete and is focused more on sports than boys.  She has male friends but there isn’t a lot of time in her schedule to date.  At their age, relationships don’t mean the same as what they did when I was in high school 25 years ago.  If your child needs therapy, there are likely other issues going on beyond a terminated relationship.  Hope she gets the help she needs to cope with life.[/quote]

[b]That’s truly terrible advice you got, and I can’t believe you’ve perpetuated it. Glad I don’t live in a world that resembles this in any way.  [/quote][/b]

You truly live in a naive world.  [/quote]

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