Parents of estranged adult children Community Group
One or more of our adult children walked out of our lives and never looked back.
It's been 9 years since my son has spoken to me. He was 12 when his father and I divorced. It was a very difficult divorce. He was brainwashed by his father to believe I was a horrible person. Mother's Day is difficult. It has been for many years. The last 2 years his dad has a new woman in his life and today as I was cyber stalking I saw pictures of them and his beautiful terms of endearment for his "mom" it crushed me into pieces!!!! Today's been difficult need less to say... Need some words of encouragement ♥️
I have some vague idea that I am probably blunt and plain spoke but that's a trait we both share and I honestly never considered that she might object to that. We were best friends at one time and right up until she cut me off, we were on good terms, never really fought and my husband and were planning to relocate to be closer to her.
The bottom line is I must have been negligent in my parenting in some way to have raised a daughter who would just kick me unceremoniously to the curb without so much as howdy-do. I feel very deeply that this is my fault somehow.
Message for Victoryrose44: Shame on your saying not all our children are worth our love. You know deep down inside that isn't true. Everyone deserves to be loved, even adult children who probably don't realize how much withholding their love and company hurts us. Please don't let your bitterness about this situation change you into someone that's difficult to love.