What should I do (details inside)
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Jay484 (
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February 19th, 2011
My girlfriend’s parents are over protective.I got a text this moring saying that we would not be seeing each other outside of school for a while, because we broke their rules. I don’t know what I did wrong. She is not allowed to text me after 10, and last night she sent me a text saying that she was going to bed and I sent her one right after saying goodnight. We are only 15 years old and we have been dating for almost 4 years now and this has happened a few times now, and we now both think they are trying to break us up. Should I wait to call them and ask what I did?
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Seriously? This is a serious answer: Do your English homework. And read.
Fifteen is still a pretty young age to begin dating or to have a “steady girlfriend”. It’s a strange paradox of our evolution and our society, but it seems that humans reach sexual maturity even earlier than ever now, but “legal” maturity (and certainly “emotional” maturity) seems to lag more and more with each generation. This is somewhat offset by the likelihood that you’ll probably outlive someone my age by a wide margin, but that theoretical knowledge doesn’t do you much good right now when you want to see your girlfriend.
It’s true, though. You’re going to live a long time, and you’ll have all the time in the world to see her later. But you really need to be able to communicate better than your writing indicates in that paragraph. So work on that for now. Then send her a rockin’ love poem via text.
You should see her at school. Her parents know her very well. It is their responsibility to do the things that they think they need to do to keep her safe and give her a good shot at a good life.
If you abide by what the parents have set down it will make you more responsible in their eyes.
Stay away as asked but reassure your girl through other communication that you’re still her guy. Her parents are threatened by your deep feelings for each other. They know teens often justify having sex if they feel in love, they don’t want their daughter having sex. I’m engaged to a man who was a teen father by 17yrs old- he and his high school sweetheart finished their last year of school together as parents and it wasn’t by any means sweet, romantic or fun. Parents think about these scenarios, you know.
If you are both 15 and her parents see some problems with your relationship then I think seeing each other only at school is not an unrealistic decision on their part.
Perhaps you both need to step back and think about whatever reasons that they might have for why they don’t want you seeing their daughter outside of school. As a parent of teenage boys I completely understand where they might be coming from.
Your statement that they are ”overprotective” is a clue to me that maybe you are not listening or cooperating with their rules about their daughter.
If you approach them in a mature manner and try to ask them about their rules and guidelines about what is expected of you and their daughter, then you might get some answers and find out why they feel the way they do.
If you really care about her, then you won’t want to cause problems for her with her parents and you will respect their rules.
If you’re 15 and have been “going out” for 4?? years, then it’s entirely possible that they feel that your relationship is stunting her development as a person, and that you need time apart so that she can develop other friends and interests.
Open communications with the parents. Ask them what you can do to keep them happy.
They are not overprotective. You’re just not following the rules they have set down, that they have every right to set down. If you followed the rules, which are most likely would be seen as very reasonable to all the adults on this site (and unreasonable only to the teenagers), you wouldn’t have a problem. They’re not conspiring to break you up, your theory about them being out to get you that you and your girlfriend have cooked up is most likely crap.
You have a lot of growing up to do, its time to start. Take responsibility for breaking the rules. Understand that you’re 15 years old, you are not anywhere near an adult, and that the “out” part of going out with your girlfriend is up to her parents. It is contingent with following the rules. Do not, I repeat do not, harass her parents with asking them what you did wrong when you probably very well know. Your texts last night, which you intentionally neglected to tell us the time off since they were most likely after 10pm, violated their rules. They have every right to restrict their daughter’s activity and you’ll be better off leaving them alone and pretending to be mature enough to wait out her restriction. It’ll end more quickly if you both act in a mature, responsible manner and her parents feel like you might have learned your lesson about respecting their rules.
@klutzaroo To state “They are not overprotective.” as though it is fact, shows you might be showing a little too much of yourself in this. Any parent is fully capable of being overbearing, but it is far more likely that this is just the view of a fifteen-year-old boy.
Jay, you have likely stepped over some line that the parents have laid down without realizing it. How clear they made this rule(s) to you is questionable, but your best bet is just to sit tight. Most parents understand that trying to force young love apart only increases the attraction. Wait till the next time you see her parents. Make sure you’ve showered, have a haircut, etc. Then ask for a list of rules, emphasizing that you really want to make this work. If they are still heatedly opposed to your relationship after that, there isn’t much you can do. At this point, it comes down to personal opinion. I would stay with her, as it seems you care enough to stick through it for four years. Over time, I’d to become more appealing in her parents’ eyes, and just continue seeing her at school.
Eventually, if you wait long enough, they should see your honest intentions time and again, and cave to the fact that their little girl is growing up.
@Prosb As I am not yet a parent, merely an adult, I am not seeing or “showing” myself in this. However, having encountered teenagers in many ways, I know how teenagers are and the drama that surrounds them and their typical opinions of their invincibility and their parents being over-restrictive. The vast and overwhelming majority of the time what teenagers see as “over-“whatever is just them being decent parents according to the adult world that isn’t so concerned with “THIS IS SO UNFAIR!!!!!!!!!!! :...(...”.
thanks for all the help guys i found out the reason why they were mad at me and it was not the greats reason.
You might not think its a great reason for them to be upset, but most likely the adults on this site (and everywhere else) would find it perfectly legitimate.
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