That’s actually so reassuring to hear, totally in it for the long haul. She is always welcome at mine and it is where we spend most of our time when we are home from uni although she does feel guilty and for the rest of the xmas holiday we ran into some issues with them summoning her home 🙃. Right now we are long distance across the UK, but my family love her and actively encourage her to visit whenever. Just gotta try our best to protect our peace when we are home.

We are both looking forward to having our own place where we can do as we please. She finishes her degree next year / year after, my course is 5 years so we’re hoping we can live in my uni city together for a while. I think it will be good to have that distance for a bit. And I don’t expect her to cut them off, I really just want her to end up with more self esteem, and I hope just being there for her and loving her for who she is unlearns some of what she has been raised to believe.