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College daughter home for the summer

Last post 06-22-2009, 12:55 PM by 2114mom. 2 replies.
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  •  06-22-2009, 11:14 AM 58995

    College daughter home for the summer

    I am also new to this site, and I have an issue with my 19 year old daughter who is home for the summer from college.  I just found out that her best friend, who has been her best friend for the last three years, claims she is bisexual.  These two have been pretty much inseperable since my daughter  came home a month ago, and they were like this before my daughter went away to college.  My daughter has a boyfriend, whom is very active in the church, but she met him while she was away at school, and he lives 1000 miles away, where they went to school. We have met him and his family and are very happy with her choice of a boyfriend.  But I am just wondering if she is experimenting with her best friend.  It seems odd to me that she would continue to spend so much time with her friend, after finding out that she is bisexual.  My daughter has always said that she does not agree with that lifestyle, so I am a tad confused by her behavior.  I don't necessarily want her to stop being friends with her best friend, but I don't know how to approach her about this without sounding paranoid, or as if I don't trust her to make the right decisions.  Please help!
  •  06-22-2009, 12:13 PM 58999 in reply to 58995

    Re: College daughter home for the summer

    If they have been close friends for a long time, they may already have an understanding concerning the sexuality. They may really be "just friends" and a person confused about her sexuality may really need a friend with her head on straight. I'm not sure any of us would have friends if we ditched them all because they were sinners.

    If you feel like you need to discuss it with your daughter without sounding paranoid, maybe you should just ask her as if you were interested - "Is it harder to be friends with x knowing she is bisexual? Does it make you uncomfortable?" It may make it easier for her to tell you anything than if you come at it from the why would you still want to hang out with her angle, which would sound accusing.

    Just a suggestion. I'm praying for you and your daughter!

    Elaine

    Romans 8
  •  06-22-2009, 12:55 PM 59001 in reply to 58999

    Re: College daughter home for the summer

    Thanks for the post.  I thought about that too, that maybe my daughter has moved passed the initial reaction to the news, and now the two of them have an understanding of each other, and they really are "just friends".  We have opened our heart and home to this young girl over the last three years, and the three of us (myself, my daughter and her friend) were having an open discussion about dating and boyfriends, and morality and purity, etc... when the friend (I will call her Sue) stated that she was so happy to have these discussions with us, because there is no way she and her mom would ever have these kinds of discussions. She then went on to say that her mom has no idea about her life. (this was before I knew about her sexuality)  I told her that her mom doesn't know about her life because she doesn't tell her about her life.  She then asked if I would love my daughter no matter what.  I said yes, I would love my daughter no matter what, and she asked me "even if she were gay?"  I said that yes, I would love her even if she were gay, but that I may not necessarily agree with her lifestyle.  My daughter then said, "but I am not gay, so we don't have to worry about that!"  Sue then stated that she is not sure her mom would be so understanding.  I later asked my daughter if Sue was gay, and she told me that she was bisexual.  So, this got my "worry wart mom wheels" to start spinning that maybe Sue was trying to show my daughter that it would be ok for my daughter to tell me if she were gay or bisexual.  I told my husband about the whole conversation and he thinks that Sue was just seeing if we would still be accepting of her in our house.  For some reason I just can't seem to let this go, so I do think I will ask my daughter how she feels about Sue being bisexual, and how she deals with this.

     

    Thanks for your prayers

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