Lil, I was so sorry to hear that your parents died so young. That must be very hard for you.
My daughter sees the good in her boyfriend and then tells me horrible things about him and it goes off and on. I am there when it is off and she is devestated and then it is back on. Last time she told me she broke up with him I just rolled my eyes and said if it is broke off more than 6 months then I will belive her. She pleaded for me to believe her, I just rolled my eyes again and a week later they were back together. Lil, thank you for telling me your story. It give me a different perspective. I remember when I first got married, my dad and father in law thought it was a marriage made it heaven and my bipolar mother in law thought I was the worst mate in the world. One of the reasons I feel about the boyfriend like I do is because my daughter tells me all the immature stuff that he does. I wish you were around my daughter so you could talk sense into her. Her friends have told her he is bad news. But as I write this out, I realize she is not a piece of cake either and something is really off with him to tolerate her during her manias. I need to look at it as he is really a rare person to deal with her while she is manic and she get mean as ever.
I wish you a wonderful New Year.