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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like a Wallis/Meghan situation [/quote]

What?[/quote]
It’s funny but I totally got this reference.
Tortured love.
The boy (in the example above it is the former King of Britain—Elizabeth’s uncle who abdicated the thrown for his divorcée love, Wallis Simpson…and Prince Harry who fell for his love Meghan Markle) falls head over heels for a woman who is of very strong personality. She showers him with affection and attention, but is also a master manipulator in removing the affection or threatening to remove it when/if she doesn’t get what she wants. This includes getting into his ear and telling him how his family or friends are out to get him or are hurting him in ways that she can’t bear and he must choose.
At times he knows her influence can be  toxic and bad for him, and almost always comes with drama…but he also feels torn because she professes to be FOR him in a way that others are not…and it’s an “us against the world” mind f@$&.

Unfortunately for mom, the only way to play this is to shower the girlfriend with love and praise and try to out-manipulate her by convincing her that you believe she is the best thing to ever happen to him. At least then, mom will continue to be in his life.
And when he does eventually wise up, mom can instantly drop the charade unless they have children together by then…[/quote]

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