each sentence veers from "i hate her!" to "i love her!"
Dear Amy: It has been almost two weeks since my 18-year-old daughter (the youngest of my six children) decided to pack up her things and move out of our family home. She is living with her boyfriend and his family, about 10 minutes away.
She moved while I was out. Her father was upstairs sleeping.
I was told that because of constant nagging and our threats to kick her out, she decided it was best to leave us.
She blames me and her dad for her choice. She will be a senior in high school this year, and she has no job because she is too good to work in a fast food restaurant.
This has been a nightmare. Her father disowned her over the phone the first time she called after moving out. Now he has threatened to move out if she comes back home!
I am grieving for her every day and cry constantly. I try not to verbalize my feelings when we talk, but it's so hard to wonder how long she can actually stay away from me. We were always very close.
I wanted to see her achieve many milestones this coming year. I felt that this was going to be "her year," and now it's all ruined.
I am having such a hard time dealing with this.
— Distraught