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Triumph 111 Austin. Welcome to the program.

Hi, Dr. Laura. Hi. What's up?

I guess this is a portion where I tell you what my dilemma is. So I got married about a year ago and well basically I'll start from the beginning.

I have parents really controlling manipulative and trying to talk me out of my marriage and didn't listen to them. I knew what was right and I got married.

I've been happily married one year. Just recently had my child and born three weeks ago. I'm pretty excited about that.

Congratulations.

Thanks. So now they want to be part of.

Can you give me an example of manipulative and controlling, you know, quite frankly every teenager says that about their parents.

We make the rules. So if you could, I understand that, but you were a few years ago.

So if you could give me some examples, that would help.

They basically told doctors and physicians that I was autistic and that I needed accommodations in school when realistically all I had was ADHD and you know,

I think that I made sure and I also worked for, in an office for health information management.

So I was able to decide for the medical records and determine that the diagnosis was insufficient and it's just other things that I won't go into too much detail.

It's just a lot of controlling manipulative and manipulating like.

Okay, and how are her parents? Are they nice and cozy people?

Oh, yeah, they're, they're amazing people. They're just the nicest people you'll ever be.

So there's my recommendation. You go out to lunch one day with your mom and dad and sit there and spill your heart out.

Tell them, yeah, tell them everything you feel like you went through what they did, what you felt was hurtful or destructive or wrong.

Why you're hesitant to let them back in and they would have to be rules.

And if you saw any of that same behavior, you'd shut the door again.

So I think you need to go back, clarify what happened and tell them what you're going to permit and what would shut the door again.

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