<p>"I'm half expecting him to become defensive if I so much as ask where he's going."</p>
<p>Momof2inca: that's the initial reaction I got..and that's when we had the "heart-to-heart" as I outlined above. It's understandable that they need to preserve their sense of newly found independence, but they also need to be able to consider to experience of someone other than thermselves!</p>