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Q: I recently started dating a guy with a very very close family. I am 22, he is 24, and still living with his parents while he saves up to buy a house. The problem is that I'm starting to see signs of his parents making too many decisions for his life.

First of all, he is christian, and quite religious. Me and him have made the decision to wait to have sex, at least for now. I think this is a personal decision that is between me and him.
He stays at my house sometimes, and has already slept in the same bed at me while staying at my mothers house, at my house, and at my sisters house. There is not a problem with this because we are both adults, and are very capable of making out own decisions.
But, recently he told me that he doesn't think he should stay at my house anymore because his parents are already getting suspicious. He has already told him that we're not having sex, but, apparently, they don't believe him, and are trying to stop anything from happening.

Another thing is that I'm planning a trip to Florida, and he really wants to go. He is allowed two weeks vacation from work, and would only need one week. The problem is that he works for his father. I would not see a problem if his father told him "I don't think I can give you the time off, because I need your help here" But, instead, he said "I don't think you should go because you need to save your money"
This guy is 24 and is capable of making his own decisions on where he sleeps at night and what he spends his own money on.

I'm wondering how I could make this clear to him, that it bothers me, without making it uncomfortable. I do not want to make things uncomfortable for me and his parents, him and his paretns, or me and him. Any advice would be much appreciated.
This is a hard situation because guys will undoubtedly listen to their parents over their girlfriend/boyfriend. I went through a similar situation with my, now, in-laws. Don't bother going to the parents and trying to say anything to them, this will only make things worse and then they will think you are trying to change their son for the worse. Your best bet is to go straight to him and be honest, tell him that you feel he is still living under his parents rule and it worries you. He is obviously a capable man, able to make decisions and don't forget to tell him that either. Pride him on the relationship that he has with his parents, but also make it clear that you don't appreciate them controlling your relationship. And no, I don't think you are being unreasonable.

Thanks, that did help a lot

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