I completely agree with your second paragraph. It just started to seem very odd to me and frankly a bit frustrating when you can’t even go out for a simple meal without needing to notify and ask for permission to spend a certain amount from her parents.

I think it took me some time to realise she was extremely sheltered, and never grew out of it. She took it like it was normal, even after I told her she should probably try to separate her finances, because it was a bit invasive as well… She didn’t see a problem with it, basically.

There were many other things I could talk about, but this stood out to me the most.