Hello all,
I've recently received communications from my youngest (D17) stating that I failed her as a father, she doesn't see a relationship with me in the future and hopes I'll be happy with my NEW family going forward into the future. She's said goodbye I've been trying to get together with her for the last 5 months and had sporadic contact with her over the last 2.5 years. I've seen it slowly dwindle downwards and it's really bothered me. She's been in therapy for 2 years and stopped going earlier this year (as she stated she didn't need it anymore). Needless to say... that's when our visits stopped at her request. She is always dealing with anxiety issues and seems to fall back into depression quickly. I'm going to be going to see her later today (basically a surprise visit) to sit and talk calmly about the text message (and will be coming to her daily until we've talked it all out). She "avoids" confrontation (like her mother) and I wasn't raised that way... this needs to be talked out. I hate asking, as parenthood doesn't come with a manual, but could really use some insight. Thank you for your time.
I've recently received communications from my youngest (D17) stating that I failed her as a father, she doesn't see a relationship with me in the future and hopes I'll be happy with my NEW family going forward into the future. She's said goodbye I've been trying to get together with her for the last 5 months and had sporadic contact with her over the last 2.5 years. I've seen it slowly dwindle downwards and it's really bothered me. She's been in therapy for 2 years and stopped going earlier this year (as she stated she didn't need it anymore). Needless to say... that's when our visits stopped at her request. She is always dealing with anxiety issues and seems to fall back into depression quickly. I'm going to be going to see her later today (basically a surprise visit) to sit and talk calmly about the text message (and will be coming to her daily until we've talked it all out). She "avoids" confrontation (like her mother) and I wasn't raised that way... this needs to be talked out. I hate asking, as parenthood doesn't come with a manual, but could really use some insight. Thank you for your time.
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