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I feel like I am going insane. I am about to graduate university and go to an amazing career. I have had such a supportive boyfriend for over 2-3 years now and could see the future with him. (continued in comments)
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Anonymous 13w

Based on this limited context, don’t let your mom get to you. She’s projecting her own shitty relationship onto your seemingly great one. And be careful with that- if she whispers in your ear long enough it will start to get to you without you even realizing.

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Anonymous 13w

He is everything I could have wished for in a boyfriend. He has a lovely family, a hard working job and literally does everything a boyfriend should do and has raised the bar if there was ever a day to part. My mother as of recent has been whispering in my ear to leave him because I am graduating soon. Saying “oh you need to experience life and not be tied down”. I am not “tied down” I know that for a fact.

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Anonymous 13w

(3) I feel insane because I know this will work out. I am not going to let her stop me. But part me aches that I don’t know where this is coming from. I genuinely ask her why I should break up and she just “you have such an amazing career coming up, you don’t want him to question your every move”. And which I say to that is “he wouldn’t.” She has been trying to draw parallels to her failed marriage as well but even I know better than to date a man like that.

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Anonymous 13w

My man has been through thick and thin with me. When it came to going to court against my father, living by myself in a different state and navigating my career and my future. It pains me to think about not talking to him after everything we have been through. I get told by her that I am being dramatic and that I have my rose colored glasses on. I just can’t take her seriously as well drawing the parallels to my ex-father.

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Anonymous 13w

Hmmm your mom seems jealous . Your bf seems to be sweet and kind to you, that’s rare, keep this man by your side until he shows you otherwise. Don’t listen to your mom, listen to your heart.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 13w

Obv I don’t know ur relationship w ur bf nor w ur mom/or ur mom as an individual; but it seems she’s projecting her exp onto ur own, which who knows for mult possible different reasons she could be doing that, but it does seem that’s how her thought process is broadcast onto ur life

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 13w

Correct me if I’m wrong, but a small part of ur mom’s point(s) that she brings up is that she thinks you should “exp. life” and “not be tied down” which, I’m sure you could confidently say, as you did, that ur not feeling tied down in any way, but do you feel as tho you and ur partner have been tested and that ur love/bond to one another has gone thru any testing in any way?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

I could be mistaking this question but we haven’t had any “arguments”, we mostly just talk it out and try to see where each of us is coming from. We have rough moments by either work stress or life stress but we work through it together (not in a creepy co-dependent way) We are currently long distance, we have done long distance except for the few months I am back in his town but the long distance doesn’t bother us because we both communicate and FaceTime at the end of the day.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 13w

More so as in tested as (which partly yes, you didn’t mistake the question) but more so as any messy thing coming up like ppl outside ur relationship hitting on you or past drama/outside baggage getting involved 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 13w

Ok yea no, LDR are superrrr testing to a relationship 😭 been in a cpl and damn are they difficult gl gurlllll

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 13w

A relationship certainly doesn’t have to “tie you down”. You’re free to do whatever when you’re in a healthy relationship, unless your mom literally means you should be free to fuck around.

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