Yes, they're both working, but my older daughter doesn't live with me anymore. I've decided to cut contact after telling her how I feel in a text. She refuses to apologize, saying I'm not fair to my younger daughter in a text to me. She's such a coward - she knew I'd react angrily to the text that accidentally was sent to me and just went home when she realized her mistake. We had a text convo in which I told her I know where her loyalties lie now. Her attitude is basically, "Sorry, not sorry," and that she should have told me her feelings before, but she was scared of my reaction. She's sorry I feel upset, but not for sending the text meant for her dad. She basically says (amd I'm paraphrasing) that I make my younger daughter carry my burdens and blame her for my relationship problems, that I don't understand how they feel. Yes, I have been married a couple of times, and i have told my younger daughter that her attitudes towards the men in my life have helped make things harder, but I don't remember ever telling her it was her fault that they failed. Partly her fault? Maybe. But at the end of the day, those men were not the right people for me and that's why the relationships did not work out, which I feel Ive made clear to my kids!!! And yes, I do get emotional support from my younger daughter. In a way, my daughters have been all I've had sometimes. But sometimes, my younger daughter doesn't understand how I feel or cooperate emotionally, and now my older daughter has betrayed me. My sons treat me like crap. My friendships - sometimes I dont know who's really there for me and who's not. I don't feel like my family is there for me. I'm just alone.
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