25-year-old woman dating a 60-year-old man tries to 'mommy' his adult daughters, they refuse to give in to her attempts: ‘This girl is extremely immature’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Jan 8, 2025 7:00 PM EST

When one of your parents starts dating someone new, that is an extremely uncomfortable experience for everyone involved. It cannot be easy to watch your dad, for example, date someone who is not your mom (or dad, for that matter). As much as you want him to be happy and content, it is still a tough pill to swallow. 

With that in mind, think about how you would feel if your dad would not only start dating someone new but that someone is also only two years older than yourself, how can someone begin to swallow a pill like that? Age gaps like these make my skin crawl, and I do not wish to be in the shoes of someone who has to deal with that crazy family dynamic.

Other than maybe Gloria and Jay from Modern Family, you cannot convince me that it is normal for a 60-year-old man to date someone as old as his daughter, and the story down below proves this claim even further. Keep scrolling to read what happens when a 25-year-old woman starts dating a 60-year-old man with two adult daughters who have no interest in a young adult becoming their new "mommy".

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    "She's started to treat me like a child and it's getting on my nerves"
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    My (23F) dad's (59M) gf (25F) started "momming" me
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    My (23F) dad's (59M) girlfriend (25F) started "momming" me yesterday. We're on a family trip and they just got back together after a 2 year separation (she just showed up to our family thanksgiving
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    and I guess that meant they're back together). They met when she was 18 and he introduced her to me and my siblings when she was 19 and I was 17. He lied and said she was 25 at the time but a little light googling I found she was 19.
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    We're like day 8/11 of our trip now and all of a sudden yesterday she's started to treat me like a child and she's tried making it apparent we're different generations and it's getting on my nerves. For example, she tried explaining
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    what Vine is to me and that she wishes it was still around so that I could experience it too even though I did? Then today I was making jokes with my sister (19F) literally making fun of my own self and the girlfriend jumps in with a stern
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    voice and says "girls. Stop it right now." In a very stern like disciplinary voice because she mistakenly thought my sister made fun of me. That made my blod boil because even if we were fighting she has no
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    business 1) jumping into the conversation to stop it 2) take on an authoritarian role. Later on, the girlfriend explained to my other sister (18F) how to turn on a normal shower and asked my sister if she needed help and getting in
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    the shower. My sister (18F) obviously felt very uncomfortable and was like h I no I'm not showering and getting undressed in front of you. She acts like an 18 year old girl is incompetent?
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    FYI this girl is my dad's sugar baby and is completely supported by my dad. She is extremely spoiled and entitled. Such as won't drink anything less than Voss water and must have top tier designer clothes&jewelry on her at all
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    times. My dad and his gf are really toxic for each other. They've broken up at least 20 times that I know of since | met her. (This is his type of woman now since my parents split 10 years ago. He likes young naive sugar babies but
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    she's the closest in age to me of all the gfs). Anyways, I'm looking for honestly small jabs or comments I can make to shut her tf up because I feel very uncomfortable with her
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    momming me. Please don't give any advice on communicating to my dad these issues. That will backlash on me and this girl is extremely emotionally
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    immature, so if you have any smart Alec comments or lowkey jabs that would be helpful! TDLR: my (23F) dad's (59M) very young girlfriend (25F) is starting to try and parent me. Asking for smart Alec comments to shut her up please.
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  • This girl clearly has some family issues that make her behave the way she does with her quote-unquote boyfriend's daughters. I found it hard to believe a person with a healthy relationship with her parents would try to “mommy” her way into a family she has no business being a part of, and that makes me feel slightly sorry for the girl.

    That being said, it gave me great joy to read the helpful suggestions that people gave the daughter on how to react to the young girlfriend's attempts, and I encourage you to scroll down and enjoy them as well.

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    lizziebonnet Does she have a dad? You could do the funniest thing.
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    Divina Devore Lol start talking really loudly like she's hard of hearing and call her ma'am. "MA'AM I'M GOING TO GET SOME BREAKFAST, DO YOU WANT SOME?"
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    1.
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    Champion_Flight Let's be real - she's not playing mommy, she's playing mind games. You're 23 and she's 25 - practically your peer trying to act superior. The power move here? Treat her exactly like the peer she is. When she goes full "stern mommy" mode, laugh it off with
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    "Girl, you're literally my age - this is weird..." Her attempts at "momming" you aren't about you at all. It's about her desperate need to validate her position in your dad's life. She's trying to create artificial distance because how else can she justify dating someone who could be
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    her dad while trying to parent his kids who are her age? Keep bringing it back to reality - you're peers, and her authority is as fake as her attempt at playing stepmom. Those who grasp for authority the loudest often have the weakest claim to it.
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    Iknei The sensible response is to tell her she's not your mother, she doesn't hold any authority over you and you don't need her to parent you given that you are almost the same age and it's. reasonable to assume you have similar levels of life experience.
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    The less sensible response is to treat her like one of the girls, make jokes that dad won't get, talk about memes, Internet culture and other things the dad just won't understand. Make it so obvious that she's the god
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    same age as you and pray it poisons your dad's view of her (or opens his eyes to the grossness of the whole thing but I won't hold my breathe for that)
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