D talked to me tonight about what she is thinking and how she is feeling. She doesn't do that a lot. I don't push, because I don't want to ever make her feel like she's in the middle of things. She told me that she talked to the school counselor today. Her topic was bad dreams, and that mommy had a friend and daddy had a girlfriend. Also, I think the subject of alienation came up (a bit hard to tell, she said something about school C asking her if mommy said certain things).

XW has screwed her up a bit, I think. frown D pressed me tonight about whether or not I had a "friend." I asked her what she meant, since I thought the question was a bit odd. She said "you know, like OM."

I knew her mother had been telling her that OM was a "friend" and not a "boyfriend" so now apparently D thinks that a "friend" is someone you kiss a lot (her words). I'm not exactly sure what she thinks a boyfriend/girlfriend is.

The fun part was having to tell her that it was OK that mommy kissed her friend, and that she didn't need to tell me about those things, because mommy's life at her house was none of daddy's business. Few things have screwed with me more through all of this than having to defend XW and her AP to my D. What the hell else am I supposed to do, though?

Just keep swimming