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They think I’m interfering

Q My daughter is expecting a baby in the summer, and her partner has recently lost his job and is struggling to find another. I’m really worried about them going forward and how they will cope. I raised this with them and they said they had it under control. When I probed a bit more, they told me to back off. Surely, as her mother, I should be able to say something?

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