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SUBHUMAN SHUBHAM
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I'm honestly at a loss here and could really use some advice. My 16-year-old daughter has been dating this boy for about 6 months now. I've met him a few times and he seems like a decent kid, but I have a clear rule that no boyfriends are allowed over when I'm not home. I work part-time and am usually gone for 4-5 hours during the day. Well, I've been finding evidence that he's been coming over anyway. Different things moved around, an extra plate in the dishwasher, even caught a glimpse of him leaving through our back gate when I came home early one day. When I confront my daughter about it, she flat out lies to my face and denies everything. I'm frustrated because it's not even about not trusting her with boys necessarily - it's about respecting the rules I've set and being honest with me. The lying is what really gets to me. I feel like if she can lie so easily about this, what else is she lying about? I've tried taking her phone away, grounding her, even talked to his parents, but nothing seems to work. She just gets better at hiding it. I feel like I'm f a losing battle and our relationship is getting more strained every day. How do I handle this without completely destroying our relationship but still maintaining some authority as her parent?