Originally Posted by Jhopeful
My daughter is about to turn 2.

"This means all our handovers are done through daycare/school. I don't have to see her at all anymore."
- I'm not sure how to really understand this nor imagine I could do this..... it's heart breaking but maybe needed"


" At first I was desperate to keep these Sundays because, like I think where you are at right now, I wanted a chance to show her how i was changing. But guess what...she didn't care, and it would leave me feeling like sh!t."

- TBH the blow to my heart reading this is really hard......I can see how this is


Jhopeful, you can do what feels natural, what is instinctual, and you can continue to push her further away.

Or you can DB! Which is to remove all pressure and pursuit. Back off and leave her alone. Be busy (GAL!). Continue to work on yourself and improve! And detach emotionally from her.

As far as child exchanges. Make them quick and as business like as possible. Have places to go, people to see, things to do. Make the exchange. Tell her you are in a hurry, and go. Don't say hi. Don't say bye. Just make the exchange. Avoid conversation, and get out of there. OB is right. Too many LBSs (I know you aren't married but it is the same concept) try to use things like child exchanges as a chance to interact with their WAS. Interaction is killing you at this point. The less interaction the better.


M(53), W(54),D(19)
M-23, T-25 Bomb Drop - Dec.23, 2017
Ring and Piecing since March 2018