Mmastodon LifeParenting first seen 12 d ago, last 11 d ago, peak #1
Parents torn over young adult children getting engaged too early
Original: A friend of mine has a 20 year old son who just got engaged to his 18 year old girlfriend (fiancée I guess). Friend thin
A woman is wrestling with whether to tell her friend's 20-year-old son that his engagement to his 18-year-old girlfriend is a mistake. She considers them too young to marry, but fears that voicing her objection would push the couple to defiantly go ahead with the wedding anyway, regardless of any advice from family or friends.
Why now: The dilemma of whether to speak up when you think a young couple is rushing into marriage is a relatable parenting and family-relations debate.
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- A friend of mine has a 20 year old son who just got engaged to his 18 year old girlfriend (fiancée I guess). Friend thinks (probably rightly) that they are much too young to get married, but she also knows that the moment she says so out loud the You Can't Tell Me What To Do… · juliette@mastodon.green · 17
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