Hi everyone,
My daughter will be starting college on Monday and I'm very concerned about her lack of emotion and excitement. She will be commuting to campus. I wish, for her sake, she was living on campus but the financials didn't match up and I couldn't afford it. Something she threw in my face today, I might add. I've been a single parent for 16 years and believe me, that hurt.
She has a 21 year old boyfriend who doesn't work or go to school. He dropped out after one semester. He jerked her around all summer to the point she had a total meltdown. He told her he needed a break, but called her, contacted her, wanted to see her. I feel that he's doing everything he can to sabotage her and she's buying right into it.
Everyone tells me that she's scared about school, which I understand completely. But to have no enthusiasm at all is alarming, to say the least. She asked me to do a trial run with her on the bus since she won't be driving every day. I agreed, and then she proceeded to dilly dally to the point where we missed the last bus to campus. She will not have a clue what she's doing come Monday.
My anxiety level is through the roof right now. My mother tells me to give it time and once she's in school things will change and she'll dump the loser. Right now I'm not that optimistic.
Any advice?
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