My daughter has gone

@suegt31 (165)
Australia
January 31, 2009 7:27pm CST
Hi, Thanks so much to all your responses to help im loosing my daughter. After spending a week at her boyfriends she came home and told me she was only joking about moving away. i can tell you, i was so happy to hear this. After being away from him for not even a day she came to me crying her eyes out, telling me she was misssing him so much and wanted to be with him. She told me she didn't want to hurt me though. So, my lotters this is how i handled it. I balded my eyes out too. I told her she had to do want was right for her. I told her i would always love her and would miss her sooo much if she left, but i wouldn't stop her from going if this was what she really wanted. It was soooooo hard because she decided she wanted to be with her boyfriend. He came and picked her up that same day. Saying goodbye was difficult. I asked him to promise me to bring her back to see me often. He promised he would. Do you think that i handled the situation ok? I put my feelings a side and let her make her own choice. She has been gone for two days now and i really miss her. i want her to be happy, she has been through a lot in her short life. I am going to go see her sometime soon. I need to see where she is and how she is living. I need to see this, to put my mind at rest a bit. Would you have done this differently? I am scared i won't see her again. I have to make sure this doesn't happen i know, but it's hard when she is 3 and half hours away. We only have one car and my partner works 5 and half days a week. How do i make this work? I couldn't stand not to see her at all. Do you have any helpful coments for me?
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2 responses
1 Feb 09
Not sure if this will help but I moved and took my family almost 4 hours away from my mum. Sure the distance seemed a lot at first but now I speak to my mum more than ever via the phone and she visits often and those visits are more than they ever used to be. Before when i lived close by we only really saw my mum when she was collecting or dropping the kids off or taking me shopping. Now mum comes and stays sometimes only for the weekend but we pack so much more into each visit. I feel we know each other much better now that i live so far away. So don't be to down hearted just look forward to more quality time together in the future. Hey and pat yourself on the back you obviously brought up a caring young lady thats no mean feat.:)
@suegt31 (165)
• Australia
2 Feb 09
Thank you so much, your comment it does help. I am so glad that your relationship is much better with your mum now. Treasure it.
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
1 Feb 09
Well, there are many times we go thru things in our life we may not always understand, but sometimes you have got to be able to accept that kids do get older and want to move away. Even when you might feel that they are too young, or the situation is not the Best for them you have to let them do what they want to do, but be there to support them when something happens to them to make them want to change their mind. It may not always be easy either. Looking back at my life, and knowing how unsupporting my Mom was of me and everything, I know this is only what a concerned parent should do instead of turning away like mine did for sure.
@suegt31 (165)
• Australia
1 Feb 09
Thanks for your thoughts. I am going to miss her soooo.