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Daughter wonders if moms
meddling changed her life
DEAR ABBY: Parents
frequently write to you ask
ing for advice about their
children, seemingly asking
permission to butt in where
they should not.
When I was in my 20s, I
dated a guy who had just
returned from the Navy. I
saw him — and others —
while working and going to
college. Sometimes I’d drive
40 miles to visit him and
stay with my mother. At
some point, he told me we
wouldn’t be seeing each
other anymore. He doesn’t
remember the details of the
conversation, and neither do
1.1 liked him very much and
may have been in love.
I found out years later that
my mother had called him
to her house and told him to
marry me or let me go. We
were both young and not
ready for marriage. I have
no idea what possessed her
to do that. Sometimes I wish
I had talked with her about
it, but it wouldn’t have
changed anything.
He and I have visited a
few times during the past
few years. We both married
wonderful people, had kids,
and have had good lives. Yet
there has always been the
question: What if Mom had
not interfered?
Abby, please advise par
ents to mind their own busi
ness, especially where adult
children are involved. —
FIFTY YEARS
WONDERING
DEAR F.Y.W.: Whether
that romance would have led
to marriage had your mother
stayed out of it, I can’t guess
and neither can you.
Fortunately, you and the
young man went on to have
happy lives and successful
marriages.
Some mothers can’t resist
the temptation to interfere in
their adult children’s lives.
Today, when it is constant,
it’s called “helicopter parent
ing,” and the unfortunate
result can be disabling rather
than helping because it pre
vents children from resolv-
DEARABBY
Jeanne Phillips
ing their own issues.
• • •
DEAR ABBY: My
30-plus-year-old brother
struggles with substance
abuse. It has been going on
for years. After countless
trips to rehab, inpatient, out
patient and all the step pro
grams, he still uses.
Periodically he’ll be sober
for a short time, but it never
lasts. For a long time, I have
been tom between total dis-
association or the sporadic
run-in at family events.
Seven months ago, his
baby boy was bom with nar
cotics in his system. Birds of
a feather flock together, I
guess. Since then he hasn’t
been invited to my home or
any event I have hosted. My
mother and the rest of my
siblings still invite him into
their homes and act as if his
lifestyle choices are OK.
Am I supposed to boycott
family functions (holiday
gatherings, summer BBQs,
birthday parties for my kids,
nieces and nephews)
because they all continue
allowing him to attend? I
honestly don’t know what is
right here. Please help. —
HAD ENOUGH IN NEW
YORK
DEAR HAD ENOUGH:
Your brother has an addic
tion he cannot seem to
shake. It is a disease that, in
spite of treatment, persists. If
you prefer not to include
him at events you host or
invite him into your home,
that is your right. But for
you to forgo family events in
an attempt to punish him is
isolating only yourself, and I
see nothing positive to be
gained by it. Because your
feelings about this situation
are so strong, the ultimate
decision is yours.
