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strugglingdad2007
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 February 2nd, 2025
...See more Hey everyone! Just joined here so I’d thought I’d share what I am struggling with. Me and my wife have had our ups and downs throughout our relationship and we have overcome huge obstacles and have really committed to creating a strong relationship with each other with great success. The main down was me not being comforting enough and sympathetic to her feelings and she became hurt. She moved away with our daughter for a week but came back and I worked to show her everyday and change my behavior. We found our old spark! Along the way I focused all my energy on fixing our relationship that I let my relationship with my daughter slide. My wife told me that our daughter(11) expressed to her that she feels I don’t love her and am always too hard on her and doesn’t want to live here anymore. She is not biologically mine but I have raised her since she was 5 and in my eyes and everyone else’s that’s my little girl. I’ll be the first to say that I am very strict with her and there is always consequences for her actions. I know I need to do better at understanding her feelings more and forgiving instead of just making her do chores and grounding which has ultimately drove a wedge between us. My wife as any mother would I guess took her and left again so that I could work on being a better dad. I’ve already done it once for my wife and I want the chance to show my daughter but it’s so hard when there not here. Actions speak louder then words. I play games on the phone with my daughter and talk to her and FaceTime and all of it so I’m stuck as to what to do. Part of me feels like she won’t want to come back because this is like a “vacation” for her that she doesn’t want to end. It’s hard talking to my wife because she just says that she is having to juggle my feelings and our daughters and our feelings towards each other and it’s wearing her down. Anyway, just thought I’d share
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