Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Daughter's Phone

Daughter desperately wants a boyfriend.  All the men she meets at program have some form of mental disability, and for many that translates into a poor understanding of boundaries.  Daughter meets them, likes them, gives them her phone number, and then tires of them and gets upset when they won't stop calling or texting.  In some cases, I end up having to put a block on their phone numbers. 

I have told her we will get her a new phone and finally change her phone number to a local number.  I've also told her I don't want her giving the new phone number out.  She says she'll only give it to trustworthy individuals.  I pointed out that she always thinks people are trustworthy when she gives them her number.  I wonder how long it will be before she wants me to block numbers on that phone....

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Has she ever had a friendship which a man where there were no romantic expectations? It might be good for her to have a male friend who doesn't expect the relationship to become sexual.

Reverend Mom said...

Yes, she has. Unfortunately, she has a difficulty maintaining them as platonic friendships.

Anonymous said...

Is that due to the man wanting more from the relationship than friendship or because your DD wants a boyfriend?

Reverend Mom said...

I suspect a combination of the two. It's hard to discern what is real with her.