Tonight I was talking to my middle daughter who was in tears. Her mother took off again on a date and did not even mention it to the girls before she abrubtly left. Just before she left she showed the email I had sent her to my middle daughter looking for validation that I was ridiculous.Unfortunately my daughter told her that she agreed with what I had written which caused my wife to angrily snap at my daughter. I have seen my wife snap quite nastily at my daughter a lot lately, which she never used to do. My daughter told me that she has had to be the parent down there this past month and she feels like she is missing out on teenage life because of her mother. She feels that my wife has been leaving my youngest home alone a lot at night. My daughter told me that she has been talking to her counselor about her mother and her counselor has encourage her to talk to her mother. I told my daughter that if she felt uncomfortable that I was willing to sit there in the background just for support and not to say anything. My daughter has told me that she also has been avoiding going home as much as she can. I told my two younger daughters that if it got uncomfortable for them that they were always welcome to move in with me.
I am considering a second email to my wife. I don't know if it will do any good.
How should I handle this type of situation?
Is this typical for a mother to alienate and pull away from her kids like this?
How can I get through to my wife about how she is throwing away her relationship with her daughters?
Help!!!!
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