Author:
Kris
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Date Posted: 07:47:53 04/19/08 Sat
Dear Katelynn,
If you go to church, I would ask one of the pastors to go with you and help you tell your parents. If that's not the case, is there a close family friend or relative that you can confide in and have them with you? Big news, like this, is usually best delivered with a sort of nuetral person involved - it just helps everyone keep the emotions in check.
If you are close to your parents, and know how they may react, and you aren't too worried about it, just tell them kind of what you wrote here. Let them know you understand they are probably disappointed, and you love them, and this is very hard for you.
Do you have any other "big news" experience to draw from as to how they are going to feel?
Just know, they will probably be upset at first, but that's only because they love you and want the best for you. Every parent has big dreams for thier children.
Have you & your bf talked about the "If's" of all this? Do you know what you want to do? Do you know what your parents are going to want you to do?
Please email me : Hopkinskc@aol.com
or post again - I was 17, but I was also in your shoes.
Hang in there -
Kris
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