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| The best you can do in situation like this is ask your son how things are going with his girlfriend. If he says "fine" then the conversation is over. If he says he isn't so sure, then you can help him talk about her by being a very good listener - just let him point out her faults to you. Don't offer any criticisms of her yourself. It is possible that he will choose this young lady as his life partner. However, this doesn't mean that they'll end up divorced. He may like her a lot - after all, he has stayed with her for 2 years already. You can't live his life for him. Choosing a partner and a career is the responsibility and privilege of the individual. Parents can't do this for their kids. If you do interfere, you risk having him blame you the rest of your life for ruining his happiness. Let him make his own decisions. It may be painful to watch, but parenting is like that. We need to have confidence in our kids' ability to negotiate their own life journeys. We can't save them from their learning experiences nor would we want to. Life experiences lead to growth and wisdom and there is no other way to get there. If he does go forward with this young lady, your task will be to learn to accept her. Sarah Chana
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