You're not pushing her away, she's moving away. There's a difference. Good boundaries enable you to see the people you want around you.
And you don't know what's going on her her mind. I thought she handled herself well. She flubbed, it happens.
My thought was, Does that mean he'll never be able to spend the night with relatives who let him do all the things that parents don't. That was a really great part of my childhood.
You're doing fine, Crimson.
Me 57/H 58 M36 S 2.5yrs R 12/13
Let me give up the need to know why things happen as they do. I will never know and constant wondering is constant suffering. Caroline Myss