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‘He views my husband as my puppet,’ writes a 63-year-old mom. ‘He believes we are controlling, judgmental people who ruined his life.’ Our advice columnist weighs in.
Dear Abigail,
I’m the mother of a 23-year-old son, and I feel like I’ve lost him even though he’s still alive.
He grew up in what I believed was a loving, close family. We traveled together, celebrated holidays together, and genuinely enjoyed one another’s company.
During college, my son met a woman his age online. She lived on the opposite side of the country, and for the first two and a half years, their relationship was entirely long-distance. During that time, she was in constant contact with him, through texts, FaceTime, Snapchat, and online gaming. My son, who had always been outgoing and sociable, gradually stopped building friendships in college, and instead spent nearly all his free time talking to her.
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Abigail Shrier is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up.