These parents see a breakup coming between their teen and his girlfriend. Should they intervene to spare the girl’s feelings?
Our teenage son has been dating a lovely girl for six months. For both, it is their first serious dating relationship. A month ago, she said “I love you.” Our son told her he was not yet able to say those words back to her. She was understanding, and they’ve continued dating. They enjoy spending time together, and our son really likes spending time with her family.
He and we recognize a breakup is eventually coming, but also appreciate that she would be heartbroken if he broke up with her. Should he do it anyway for her sake? Should we talk to her mom and suggest her daughter break up with him instead? Would that make it any easier for her? They need to get frustrated, lonely, rejected, talked about, betrayed, misunderstood. They need an unfair grade, some misplaced blame, a few dashed hopes and some incredible disappearing homework, especially if they spent hours on it. They need to get cut from the team .They need this because every life has some element of frustration, loneliness, rejection, mistreatment, misunderstanding, raw deals, disappointment, disaster and dream-crushing. And after that comes Tuesday.
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