I’m raising a heartbreaker
My son recently broke up with a girl that’s been friends with and known my other son since early elementary school. For nearly a year now, my family has taken a keen liking to this girl. She’s fun, she’s endearing and well, frankly, living on the banks of Lake Testosterone, I kind of enjoyed having the girl around from time-to-time.
Since this whole being the parent of dating aged teens thing is so new to me, I’m finding myself in serious need of advice.
How do you keep from getting attached to the dates your kids bring home?
I thought by taking the girlfriends along for family days of bowling and having them over for visits frequently was better than having my kids wanting to hang out away from home – now I’m not so sure.
Why did arranged marriages ever have to go out of style?
I think you did well by including the girl into family’s activities. And I also think it’s a good sign you grew to liking her – isn’t that a sign your son picked a nice likeable young woman as his girl-friend? So I guess you shouldn’t try NOT to get involved with her too much.
Well, even mom’s are not perfect. Today, we are laughing about it. 
However, what you ABSOLUTELY should NOT do: ask your son “How could you do this to me?” – that’s what my mom did after I broke up with my boyfriend. She didn’t like him when we got together and gradually fell for him – when I broke up with him, she was crushed. Well, being 18 and going through this situation, I expected a somewhat different support from her than “How could you do this to me?”…