Sorry just caught up with your thread. Excellent boundary setting Irish. It is very bizarre how the MLCer only processes life from their perspective (i.e. - the children should be happy for me) - It is like they have absolutely no empathy for the people they professed to love and cherish. Obviously they are unable to grasp the idea of a parent/child relationship either.
Irish, your girls are lucky to have you standing beside them and supporting them as individuals. Bravo.
M:25 years at BD w/ 2 daughters BD: 5/14 Separated 6/14 - H moved cross country w/OW D Final 9/17
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” ― Maya Angelou