1. There are two ways to understand this. The first, which LW clearly intends, is that the parents are utterly unreasonable and cruel and she can't possibly follow this arcane rule.
The second, which I think may be a little bit more likely, is that the baby has a serious health concern, LW absolutely knows it, LW has also been undermining the parents every way she can since forever, and if she keeps it up they'll ban her from visiting entirely.
Either way, the way forward is to follow their rules and smile.
2. Don't compete with your partner's child, you won't win. If these phone calls and texts really are unreasonably frequent - which we don't know, because LW was not at all clear on the frequency! - then LW will most likely need to find a new sweetie, because Boyfriend is not, at this point, going to ask Son to stop.
Alternatively, if "calls and texts constantly" means "this takes up perhaps 10 minutes of the day, total, between the hours of 9am and 8pm" then LW needs to get a grip. It's not a crime for a man to want to keep in touch with his dad.
(But it's fair, either way, to ask that the phone stays off during dates - not vacations! dates! - and dinners.)
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The second, which I think may be a little bit more likely, is that the baby has a serious health concern, LW absolutely knows it, LW has also been undermining the parents every way she can since forever, and if she keeps it up they'll ban her from visiting entirely.
Either way, the way forward is to follow their rules and smile.
2. Don't compete with your partner's child, you won't win. If these phone calls and texts really are unreasonably frequent - which we don't know, because LW was not at all clear on the frequency! - then LW will most likely need to find a new sweetie, because Boyfriend is not, at this point, going to ask Son to stop.
Alternatively, if "calls and texts constantly" means "this takes up perhaps 10 minutes of the day, total, between the hours of 9am and 8pm" then LW needs to get a grip. It's not a crime for a man to want to keep in touch with his dad.
(But it's fair, either way, to ask that the phone stays off during dates - not vacations! dates! - and dinners.)