Her Son’s Girlfriend Called Her Up Sobbing, Since She’s Afraid He’s Going To Propose To Her
This 58-year-old woman has always been incredibly close to her 30-year-old son, Jake. She has three children and Jake is her baby.
Back when Jake was only 10, they were driving in the car when a drunk driver ran a light and hit them.
Ever since the accident, Jake was left physically disabled, and he will be wheelchair-bound for the remainder of his life.
“We did our best to give him a “normal” and happy childhood as much as possible and are very proud of how much he’s achieved,” she explained.
“In fact, while both his brother and sister still live in town, he was the one who was adventurous enough to move to a bigger city about three hours away for a job after college. This is where he met his girlfriend, Beulah, four years ago.”
“Jake only had one serious girlfriend before (in college, where they both lived in the dorms). Two years ago, he and Beulah decided to move in together. I was overjoyed for him but also made sure to check in with Beulah several times about whether it was going okay since this was his first time living with a girlfriend.”
Beulah constantly told her everything was going well. Beulah has since become like another daughter to her, and she was excited that Beulah appeared to unconditionally love Jake.
Whenever she visited the couple, they came across as super happy, and her whole family picked up on this.
Earlier today, Beulah unexpectedly called her up sobbing, asking for advice. Beulah believes Jake will want to propose to her soon, as they previously spoke about getting engaged after living together for two years, and they’re quickly getting to that milestone.
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The issue is that Beulah isn’t interested in getting engaged to Jake until they start communicating in a better way.
Beulah told her over the phone that as soon as she moved in with Jake, he grew impatient and moody with her.
Jake also has been experiencing frequent panic attacks and isn’t willing to discuss issues they have in their relationship.
At first, Jake maintained his mood change was stemming from stress from his new job, and he promised to go to therapy.
That never happened, and Jake informed Beulah that being disabled makes his life more difficult than she can ever comprehend.
Whenever Beulah attempts to bring up serious topics, Jake melts down and refuses to talk things through.
“She said she loves him and doesn’t want to break up with him, but she can’t agree to marry him unless he changes, and she can’t tell him this for obvious reasons,” she said.
“I wasn’t too surprised to hear that Jake’s anxiety could get overwhelming sometimes. He has a tendency to get really wound up over small things and will often call me panicking over something that I wouldn’t consider “a big deal.” His sister also has bad anxiety and has been on meds for a while, and we had Jake in therapy for nearly a decade after the accident, but he never agreed to meds.”
“HOWEVER, even though I wasn’t surprised about that part, I was shocked to hear about the way he was apparently behaving. Beulah usually sounds so upbeat, and here she was, sounding so sad and exhausted.”
She ended her phone call with Beulah by saying she needs a bit of time to mull over what she said before providing her with advice.
She promised to call Beulah back, so now she’s left thinking about how she can help Beulah in a productive way.
She’s reluctant to tell her husband about this since they’re not close, and her husband lacks emotional intelligence.
This is certainly a delicate situation and she’s struggling with how she can be helpful instead of hurtful.
What advice do you have for her?
You can read the original post on Reddit here.
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