First Contact in Six Months Please Help

[Zelda09]

Gr8ful,

If I was your daughter and you meant to support, it would show itself as questions about the young man, interest in them, normal business as usual conversations between the two of you, no big deal, all the little ways a mother can be happy for her daughter.

Although not genetic, I think attitudes of feeling too responsible for other people's reactions can be passed down. So can good mental health, so possibly reinforce that her father's feelings are his own. And perhaps to say that you don't agree with his tactic of threatening emotional withdrawal from her life. I don't think she should feel or imagine that is a fair choice she should be presented with.

Thank you for reading up on me. I write a lot and it's a bit to wade through, I'm sure.

Good luck to you, keep us posted (get it? I love puns.)