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[quote=Anonymous]Very little.  It's the biggest heartache of my life.

I'm a 58yo dad of a 21yo daughter who splits her college breaks 50/50 between her mom and me in the same city.  But she either stays in her room or goes out with friends and I rarely have any interaction with her despite my suggestions for things like dinner out, dinner in, watch a movie, etc.  Her mom says it's similar over there.

At first I let it go because I heard most of my friends late teen/early adults were similar.  Someone said "If she comes out of her room and goes to the kitchen, just think of it like a wildlife sighting 'Hey - a deer is in the back yard!'".

But this summer has been tough and in 2 months I have spent a sum total of less than 10 hours with her; 3hrs on Father's Day and one dinner out, plus random 5-10 minute conversations.  I'm pretty hurt by this.  Her mom and I did confront her about some rude and disrespectful behavior and things got a little better but I did tell her in a letter I gave her that when she prioritizes everything else above spending time with her parents, she sends me a message that I'm simply not important.  I have tried to talk to her about all this but she says everything's fine and doesn't really want to talk on a deeper level.

I'm hoping for things to change because this literally keeps me up at night.  [/quote]

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