(((((Ali)))))

OK, some thoughts.

I am not going to bring up last weekend, it is done and past. I went for me, I had fun.

As far as her not being home when I expected her, that's trickier. I really don't want her to feel like I want/need her to account for every minute of her time. I wouldn't want her to do that to me, I don't want to do it to her. But, the next time such a situation arises I think I will ask a question, or say something, that gives her the opportunity to say something, if she wants to. Like, "did you have fun while you were out?", or something along those lines.

As far as asking about her day, some days she says more, and some less. When she says less, she makes it pretty clear that she doesn't want to talk about it, I don't think I should push in those cases.

I think she is really feeling a need to feel independent right now. Is it temporary, or permanent, I don't know. I think she feels that somehow she has been inadequate because she depended on me for so long. The weird thing is that somehow that turns into my fault, which I can't really explain!

If you have any suggestions, I'm all ears!