Thanks everyone. Took my daughter to work with me yesterday for Take Your Child To Work day. She enjoyed it (even though she is still grounded from her phone), and we had a great time, and it seemed like our old relationship was back. Last night when I kissed her on the forehead and hugged her goodnight, I said ILY, she said "love you too". Which she hadn't been typically saying.
Obviously dealing with a teenager is similar to dealing with a WAS/WS, it is a roller-coaster ride. Her messages to her friends showed a lot of anger at me for being withdrawn and distant for years. I may have said but one of her direct quotes was "I was excited for him to get home and he acted like he didn't exist, now he wants to have a relationship with me, well its too late!"
W did have a discussion with her 2 days ago and explained that I can't change the past, but I can change from this point forward. She said it seemed to have an effect, at least she said my D looked to be thinking about what she said. We'll see.
We are going to have a sit down with her tomorrow morning, and calmly discuss what we found and discuss moving forward. And discuss getting her into counseling so she can deal with some of this.
Thank you all for thinking about me and praying for us.
M(53), W(54),D(19) M-23, T-25 Bomb Drop - Dec.23, 2017 Ring and Piecing since March 2018
