Q
Dear Auntie Pearl, I don’t know who to turn to anymore with this situation with my daughter.
She is throwing her life down the drain because of this man she is jolling with.
This guy has five children already and has been divorced three times, but my daughter is still bymekaar with him.
She is intelligent and has a steady job and nice flat to live in, but that rubbish she claims she “loves” is a slapgat who only does odd jobs and stays in a room behind a shebeen.
Die plek stink! I’ve only been there once and I’ve seen him one other time, and to me, he seems a vuil guy who is just using my daughter for her money and her body.
Yes, her body, and this is what it is all about.
My daughter has hinted to me that this guy gives it to her good, the best she’s ever had.
Auntie, now she soema wants to kick out her current boyfriend, who is kwaai ou with a job and lovely personality.
Should I meddle in my child’s life? How can I get her to see the light?
From Mommy M.
A
Jinne,why do we have so many smart meisies who get all dof when they start thinking with what’s between their legs instead of with what’s between their ears?
Listen, Mommy, from what Auntie can see, you are the only one who can help your daughter from making a moerse mistake.
It’s time for the tough talk - and the tough love.
Don’t feel you are intruding in her life, dit maak nie saak nie. Someone needs to intervene.
You are her mother and as such has her best interest at heart. Tell her that.
And no, it’s not going to be easy, because she is only seeing the lekker dinge she is getting and not appreciating the nice guy she’s with.