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<blockquote data-quote="dashcat" data-source="post: 375276" data-attributes="member: 9175"><p>I think she's counting on my concern for how she is to trump her downright cruel treatment of me. In my heart, I am way more concerned about her well being than I am about her lack of social graces, but I will not allow her to squirm out of an acknowledgment, if not an apology. </p><p> </p><p>Fortunately, her dad does call and update me. Unfortunately, he's pretty hands off and does a lot of looking the other way. She'd been living with him in the spring following her last Internet boyfriend debacle. At the time, I was in an apartment waiting for my house to be rebuilt following a fire. She said she'd intended to move into the house with me when it was done and was just spending time with dad. While this was partially true, I suspect her real motives had to do with her ongoing campaign to get him to allow her to use his car to drive to North Carolina to see this dude. Anyway, she got mad at him for not allowing her to take his car on this journey, got mad at him for his drinking (poured out a bottle of his vodka in the process), and moved back with me in the apartment. </p><p> </p><p>At the time, I told her that it is never ok to be estranged from a parent. Yes, you don't like his drinking but you don't show it by destroying his property (said this more kindly than it's coming across here). They saw one another because he was helping me transition back to the house and she did, eventually, apologize for the vodka thing. Still, he made no effort to see her for about six weeks. And even after that, it was minimal.</p><p> </p><p>Yesterday, he said to me "well, we're just wired differently. when she was with you and I didn't hear from her much, I didn't think about it because I knew she was ok."</p><p> </p><p>Yep. We're wired differntly alright. To say the least!</p><p> </p><p>I know I'm just going to have to let this run its course. Thank you for your support and all your good advice. I know time is my friend. </p><p> </p><p>Dash</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dashcat, post: 375276, member: 9175"] I think she's counting on my concern for how she is to trump her downright cruel treatment of me. In my heart, I am way more concerned about her well being than I am about her lack of social graces, but I will not allow her to squirm out of an acknowledgment, if not an apology. Fortunately, her dad does call and update me. Unfortunately, he's pretty hands off and does a lot of looking the other way. She'd been living with him in the spring following her last Internet boyfriend debacle. At the time, I was in an apartment waiting for my house to be rebuilt following a fire. She said she'd intended to move into the house with me when it was done and was just spending time with dad. While this was partially true, I suspect her real motives had to do with her ongoing campaign to get him to allow her to use his car to drive to North Carolina to see this dude. Anyway, she got mad at him for not allowing her to take his car on this journey, got mad at him for his drinking (poured out a bottle of his vodka in the process), and moved back with me in the apartment. At the time, I told her that it is never ok to be estranged from a parent. Yes, you don't like his drinking but you don't show it by destroying his property (said this more kindly than it's coming across here). They saw one another because he was helping me transition back to the house and she did, eventually, apologize for the vodka thing. Still, he made no effort to see her for about six weeks. And even after that, it was minimal. Yesterday, he said to me "well, we're just wired differently. when she was with you and I didn't hear from her much, I didn't think about it because I knew she was ok." Yep. We're wired differntly alright. To say the least! I know I'm just going to have to let this run its course. Thank you for your support and all your good advice. I know time is my friend. Dash [/QUOTE]
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