Support for parent of estranged adult child

[denile01]

I'm caught in a cycle of anger and despair over my 19 year old daughter who has rejected her family over a relationship with a boyfriend. She's 350 miles away where she is, or was, attending college; refuses to communicate with us, and is about to move in with the boyfriend. She will move from her current apartment soon and we don't even know where she'll be living.

If anyone here has been through this, I would really appreciate your input.

[Droopy]

1. I don't really have any experience in this matter

Although I do know that some people get so enthralled by another person that they will do just about anything for that person. I had a relationship like that with someone who I thought was my friend. I really looked up to him and I took everything that he had to say to heart. His word meant more to me than my parents'. I tried so hard to seek his approval.

It could be that your young daughter is involved with a con man who will take her for everything that she has. Or it could be that she has found what she thinks is love and will follow him no matter what you say until she has learned different. Or they could be together for the rest of their lives.

I guess what I am saying is that I need more information about your knowledge of the young man and his relationship with your daughter. What made you object to him?