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All right, nephew, thank you. Subject. He said his mom is off limits. He said his mom is off limits. Okay.

Dear Stephen Shirley, my fiance and his mom were too close and he struggled to set boundaries with her because the guy she was seeing for 20 years dumped her.

When he and I met, he had no real friends and he did everything with his mom,

like going to get massages, going on vacations, going on shopping sprees, and going to the nail

salon, and everything was always paid for by his mom. Yes, her boyfriend was married, so she had

plenty of time to spend with her son. Recognizing the red flags,

I urged him to grow up and break free from his mom if he planned to have a future with me.

His mom was upset at first and said that I was plotting to take her son away from her. Now that we're

engaged, they still spend a lot of time together, but now he invites me to join them.

I lost my mom five years ago, so his mom has been helpful with wedding ideas, but I can tell she's not truly happy with me.

So at lunch recently, I asked if she had a problem with me.

She said, yes, she does. I let her speak,

and then I told her all of the issues I have with her. My fiance sat there and let his mom

take shots at me, but told me to watch my mouth when I told her about herself. I left the

restaurant thinking that things would be better since we cut

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