My Story - Separated 1 Month

[bluMorn]

Just checking in - D18 graduated high school on Tuesday. H was there but didn't sit near us or anything (with over 300 graduates it was a crowded stadium). He did text that it made him very happy to see her graduate, and I said I appreciated him being there. He said he wouldn't have missed it.

She is my D that he adopted when she was 8. In the past couple of years, she has been quite a handful - not going to school, hanging out with boys all hours of the night. We had her put on probation, sent to 3 different facilities....it was a very hard road, and I thought she'd never graduate. Her and Hs relationship is all but dead due to her issues and his addiction issues. They have spewed a lot of anger towards each other. But, when I told her H was coming to the graduation, but not sitting near us, she thought that was stupid, that he should just sit by us. I didn't relay that information to him, because the seating thing was his idea and I wasn't going to try to change his mind.

He came to pick up mail the next morning, but we just exchanged pleasantries. Other than that, no contact. I have not been initiating at all. It's starting to get a little easier.