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19 year old daughter has no interest in a relationship with her father
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<blockquote data-quote="SeeingShootingStars" data-source="post: 629284" data-attributes="member: 18116"><p>Thank you for all of your replies to my post. I really appreciate being able to gain neutral, third party, insightful thoughts and opinions of others completely detached from my situation. It is very impactful - even moreso than my therapist.</p><p>In order to provide some clarification:</p><p></p><p>I moved back from Florida when my daughter was almost 3 years old, and made the conscious decision to remain single so as to focus my attention on helping to raise her. She told me on several occasions during this time and in the years following that she enjoyed having time with just me and her. As she got older and started pulling away, I stayed single in an effort to show her that she still had my undivided attention when she needed it. Obviously this was me fooling myself into believing that things would change back to the way that they were, but obviously this was not the case. This later became a personal matter for me in that I became accustomed to and still enjoy being single. I have started dating again in the past year and must admit that it has been a long time and things have changed!</p><p> </p><p></p><p>As MidwestMom has noted very accurately and better than I ever could myself,</p><p></p><p>I would also like to emphasize again that I have been single since my daughter was born, including the time I came back into my daughters life when she was 3. She let me know when she was younger that she enjoyed the time with just me and her.</p><p>In the beginning, I believe this was the right thing to do. I stayed single as she grew up in a misguided attempt to try and have things back the way that they were when she was younger and to show her that I was still available anytime she needed. I never said this to her outright, as I am fully aware of the pressure that this puts on any child.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeeingShootingStars, post: 629284, member: 18116"] Thank you for all of your replies to my post. I really appreciate being able to gain neutral, third party, insightful thoughts and opinions of others completely detached from my situation. It is very impactful - even moreso than my therapist. In order to provide some clarification: I moved back from Florida when my daughter was almost 3 years old, and made the conscious decision to remain single so as to focus my attention on helping to raise her. She told me on several occasions during this time and in the years following that she enjoyed having time with just me and her. As she got older and started pulling away, I stayed single in an effort to show her that she still had my undivided attention when she needed it. Obviously this was me fooling myself into believing that things would change back to the way that they were, but obviously this was not the case. This later became a personal matter for me in that I became accustomed to and still enjoy being single. I have started dating again in the past year and must admit that it has been a long time and things have changed! As MidwestMom has noted very accurately and better than I ever could myself, I would also like to emphasize again that I have been single since my daughter was born, including the time I came back into my daughters life when she was 3. She let me know when she was younger that she enjoyed the time with just me and her. In the beginning, I believe this was the right thing to do. I stayed single as she grew up in a misguided attempt to try and have things back the way that they were when she was younger and to show her that I was still available anytime she needed. I never said this to her outright, as I am fully aware of the pressure that this puts on any child. [/QUOTE]
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