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Old Oct 10, 2011, 08:26 AM
bertieb bertieb is offline
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I got married last month after a surprise divorce in early 2010. I dated the man I married about a year and a half and I have a 14 year old daughter. She likes him fine and they have a good relationship but the problem is we moved into his house, about 15 miles away from our old home. I let her stay in her school system with her friends but she is miserable and says she hates living in his house and our new town. I've told her I will drive her anywhere anytime and she can have friends over whenever she wants but that doesn't help. She is mostly moody, hateful and rude to me. I can't tease her at all or try to say anything funny. Yesterday she made a gallon of lemonade and didn't want me to have a glass because it was "hers". I pointed out the milk on her cereal was purchased by me and that set her off. There are a few spurts of friendship when she wants something but otherwise I get on her nerves. In some ways I guess it is typical teen hormones and mother-daughter stuff but I can't help but feel so hurt and guilty over the big change I put her through. She knows my divorce was not my choice and that her dad chose to move away to another state but I get the cold shoulder and he gets off with a free pass. I love her so much and hate to see her hurting so I bend over backwards giving her a beautiful bedroom and catering to her but it doesn't help. I just don't know how to handle it. I've told her it is hard on me adjusting to the move and the changes too and that I understand but of course she doesn't care. Do I just give her space and try to ignore how she treats me for now or do I try to insist on a little respect and appreciation for my feelings? I don't know whether to avoid her or keep trying to make her happy anymore. I just know I'm sad when this should have been a happy time.