FIDO - Changing the Rules - Pt 3

[NH115]

Thank you all, Sandi, V, Starsky, Dawn, Calibri....my apologies for everyone I've left out.

Wow. Brutal feedback. But I didn't see anything I disagreed with. I know it's all coming from a place of support, and I'm very appreciative.

What keeps me around? Fear is part of it, I'll cop to that. I also don't believe she is in an active A. I'm here, I can read her tone and body language. I don't think she's lying. Any A that's going on is completely in her head.

That said, the things she's doing are R killers even without an A. Basically, I'm living with a teenager. She wants to rebel against everything, whether she needs to or not. Nobody's holding her down, least of all me. She demands freedom and choice, but she doesn't make any choices. She also doesn't want to take any responsibility for her choices or actions. If her choices don't work out like she wants, It'll be my fault. She won't accept that any choice has tradeoffs and risks. Welcome to adulthood. It [censored], but we're all in the same boat.

I won't do anything until next week. OM is coming into town (way earlier than expected) and I'd like that visit to be over first. She may try to sneak off and see him anyway, but I won't hand her over on a platter.