Hello all,
My 17 year old stepson has been pretty alienated for the last few years. He hasn't visited us in over a year and does not take my DH's phone calls, though sometimes rings up if he needs something expensive. He has been in a lot of trouble, doing badly at school etc.
He has had a girlfriend for the past 6 months and seems to have had a bit of a mood-shift. He has been responding to DH's texts and allegedly being more genial at home. He now wants to visit with his girlfriend. I haven't seen him for over a year and we have two little kids at home. We live a few hours from him so it will be quite hard to come and go in one day, which leaves them staying the night at ours. I'm not sure what I think about this as I have never met her and also am very out of touch with him. Some of the most recent times we have seen him he has been angry, yelling at DH (who hasn't done anything specific to upset him btw, it's just teenage stuff).
What would you do? Welcome them to stay as a couple? Say no to the girlfriend? I think if we do the second one he will get angry and not come. To him he is in love and this is like introducing us to his wife-to-be! Might be normal if we had seen him at all in the past year.
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brightreddress · 09/06/2015 12:22
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