DEAR ABBY: My daughter, "Morgan," is an intelligent, hardworking overachiever. She graduated from an Ivy League college with two degrees and academic honors. Days after graduation she was hired by a Fortune 500 company and has been promoted three times in the past four years.
Our daughter is a beautiful 28-year-old woman with a vivacious personality. Our problem is the boyfriends she chooses. She's drawn to uneducated, jobless or part-time-employed men who talk a good game but never do anything.
Morgan's latest boyfriend moved in with her and she is supporting him. Her mom, sister and I have tried talking to her many times about this and her future. She seems oblivious to common sense and becomes defensive and agitated.
We want the best for our daughter. We realize she's old enough and smart enough to make her own decisions, but we're finding it difficult to support her choices. We don't want to alienate her. What should we do? -- PATERNAL VOICE OF REASON
DEAR "PAT": Back off. All of you. These men may not be what you want for Morgan, but they obviously are filling some need she has. In time her common sense may assert itself, but even if it doesn't, your daughter's choice of a mate is hers, not yours, to make. These may be passing fancies, but sometimes opposites attract very successfully.