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[quote=Anonymous]I have been divorced for about five years. For most of it, my youngest daughter has followed the custody schedule. But she came back from her mother’s in February and never went back.

At first I figured maybe it was related to senior year in HS - I live a mile from it and her mother lives 10 miles away. Eventually I asked and she basically said her mother had told her to get out; to me, who was married to her for 16 years, that sounded like the sort of thing she would say in the heat of anger and probably didn’t mean, and I told DD this. But I think DD has really taken this literally and uses the word “insane” to describe her mother… This has gotten to the point where I am out of town for 10 days and rather than go stay at her mother’s, she is staying et our home alone, despite the fact that she is going away to college in a month.

Since the divorce I have made it a point to not try to interfere with my kids’ relationships with their mom. I never disparage my ex, refuse to discuss her affair with them, and in general only discuss her as neutrally as possible if they initiate a conversation. However, I finally did ask my ex what is up and she is saying she doesn’t understand why DD is behaving this way and she does sound sad about it. However, a couple of months ago she sent all of DD’s clothing over to my house in three giant contractor bags.

Should I tell my ex that DD feels like she got kicked out of her house? Or just continue to stay out of it and not meddle in their relationship? [/quote]

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