Nautica
New Member
I am the single Mom of a 10 year old girl. I have recently started seeing someone. I had quit dating 3 years ago, so now that there may be a man in my life, my formerly sweet and polite daughter has turned into a rude and morose monster when my new Friend is around. I've tried talking to my daughter about this, but she is one of those that WILL. NOT. TALK!!! She will just cry like she's been beaten...
We have taken her to the beach a couple of times, and we have hung around here quite a bit!! She wont talk to him. The best I got her to do was wave at him a couple of times as she walked by to go to her room...
Thank goodness this guy has raised 2 kids of his own, and can deal with her being like this!!! He and I have also talked about it, and I said that I can't really bring myself to fight this big fight with her not knowing where he and I are going with this. It's only been a month, who knows if he's going to be around, right? Oh, BTW, I have known this guy for 10 years, so it's not like I'm bringing a stranger up in here, LOL!!
But I can't let her be rude to people either, and because this guy is interested in me, she thinks he's the devil. She is very possessive of me, even though she is at the age where she doesn't really want to hang out with me.
I don't know what to do, nor do I know the proper way to deal with this!!! Any advice, before I let her win and give up dating all together??
We have taken her to the beach a couple of times, and we have hung around here quite a bit!! She wont talk to him. The best I got her to do was wave at him a couple of times as she walked by to go to her room...
Thank goodness this guy has raised 2 kids of his own, and can deal with her being like this!!! He and I have also talked about it, and I said that I can't really bring myself to fight this big fight with her not knowing where he and I are going with this. It's only been a month, who knows if he's going to be around, right? Oh, BTW, I have known this guy for 10 years, so it's not like I'm bringing a stranger up in here, LOL!!
But I can't let her be rude to people either, and because this guy is interested in me, she thinks he's the devil. She is very possessive of me, even though she is at the age where she doesn't really want to hang out with me.
I don't know what to do, nor do I know the proper way to deal with this!!! Any advice, before I let her win and give up dating all together??