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Six months post-breakup, the ex is still in the picture, mostly because he’s the only adult in the room when it comes to boundaries and support. Meanwhile, her parents have perfected the art of the cold war, doling out silent treatments and accusations of disrespect when she dares to enjoy her life without a GPS tracker. The woman has finally reached her limit, prepping her lines for the inevitable showdown and lining up a temporary escape plan with a friend, because in the Bay Area, even a kitchen sink is a luxury.
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[UPDATE] Parents hate my boyfriend and make me feel terrible for it
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Between therapy, a corporate job, and a master’s degree, she’s discovered that happiness doesn’t require parental permission slips
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Parents ramp up their efforts to keep their 24-year-old master’s grad daughter apart from her ex, prompting her to plan to move out and live independently: ‘While we dated, my parents made my life TERRIBLE’
Parental disapproval is a time-honored tradition, but this twenty-four-year-old woman could write the manual on how to weaponize guilt and control. Her parents have turned her relationship status into a full-scale family crisis, all because her ex-boyfriend had the audacity to bring a child into the mix. While she and her ex spent a year being sabotaged by unsolicited opinions and silent treatments, the real romance has been between her parents and their need to micromanage her life. Every milestone, every visit, every conversation became a battleground, with her parents storming off or locking themselves away like teenagers denied a phone upgrade.
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