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"This week I&amp;amp;#8217;m writing to you from the pristine snowy slopes of Colorado. I&amp;amp;#8217;m on a family vacation with my parents and little brother. I love the fabulous digs, but the unwanted advice about my love life and current situation&amp;amp;#133;not so much. Sometimes parents just don&amp;amp;#8217;t understand! Skiing with a broken boot really puts me in the mood to watch some John Cusack in &amp;#x27;Better Off Dead&amp;#x27; First it was the imaginary &amp;amp;#8220;10 year window&amp;amp;#8221; my parents brought up on my 27th birthday dinner a few weeks ago. My father said--thankfully over my second glass of wine--&amp;amp;#8220;This is your opportunity. You have a 10 year window to meet someone.&amp;amp;#8221; I almost spit out my merlot. This is not the positive news I was looking for on my birthday, a birthday I was already freaking out about because I like to pretend I&amp;amp;#8217;m still 25. I didn&amp;amp;#8217;t know there was a statute of limitations on my love life. Unwanted relationship advice # 1. Secondly, my parents often baby me in front of strangers. Example: Upon flying back to college when I was 21, they were babying me so much the airline attendant asked if they wanted to escort me through security. When the incident came up again this past weekend, my parent&amp;amp;#8217;s explanation for their behavior was, &amp;amp;#8220;We treated you like a child because you were being a moron in your personal life with your dating choices.&amp;amp;#8221; Now I don&amp;amp;#8217;t regret my past dating experiences; to me they were all learning experiences and helped shape me into the person I am today&amp;amp;#8212;yes, even that five-year long-distance relationship I knew wasn&amp;amp;#8217;t leading anywhere. I love my parents but sometimes it&amp;amp;#8217;s hard to take their advice. They have a terrific marriage and met freshman year in college when they were just 18! What do they know about the dating world? I know they have only the best intentions and are trying to help, but I&amp;amp;#8217;ve decided I&amp;amp;#8217;m going to take my brother&amp;amp;#8217;s approach from now on and go mute about my dating life. Until I&amp;amp;#8217;m engaged, they won&amp;amp;#8217;t be hearing a peep! Let&amp;amp;#8217;s see how that works out. How do you deal with unwanted parental advice? Are your parents every in the right? Do you take their advice seriously? Has it ever really upset you or caused a breakup? *Are Your Parents Super Traditional? *How much do your parents know about your love life? Are You Having a Post-Quarterlife Crisis (It Exists!)? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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