I’ve been coaching him a little - unsolicited advice. I sense he’s afraid of rejection - he’s been rejected several times with potential “girlfriends”. I do think he likes this girl. She gave him two very thoughtful gifts for his graduation and wrote that she loved him.
we are on vacation currently and i asked him if he was buying her a small gift. He said “yes she’s my friend” and I said “then don’t buy her a gift as I think she sees it a little more than friends”. So he did but her a small gift.
i have a few questions:
is what I am feeling as a Dad unnatural?
am I wrong to encourage him to pursue this relationship?
am I wrong to coach him ? (I would have given anything to have some help from my dad)
Some of this is I am still emotional about his graduating and leaving, some of it is because I could never keep a girlfriend at that age and had my heart broken many times.
any thoughts are appreciated.
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