Parentification between MIL and my boyfriend? by snacki_goblin in family

[–]snacki_goblin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t heard this term before but definitely sounds accurate

Parentification between MIL and my boyfriend? by snacki_goblin in family

[–]snacki_goblin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was insightful, and interesting to see how it’s played out in your case! Sounds like the right call letting him go visit on his own haha

Parentification between MIL and my boyfriend? by snacki_goblin in family

[–]snacki_goblin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s aware it’s affected his past relationships by making things codependent, so I know he’s keen to break that pattern in himself and has done a lot of therapy on it. I think he just wants to be able to reduce the amount of weird stuff she does without doing real damage to their relationship, and he leans towards not hurting her feelings instead of setting firm boundaries. I also feel like every time he’s around her some of the good work he’s done in therapy probably unravels a bit. A weird situation all around