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[quote=Anonymous]We have a ten year old daughter and for the longest time she was always closest with me.  I'm a SAHM so I've been with her almost nonstop since birthday.  In the last 9-12 months I've noticed my daughter being way more affectionate to her dad.  It's great.  I love it.  He works a lot and is a great dad.  He spends time with her all the time.  But, within the last year I've noticed she will prefer him over me.

A few examples: On weekends when we wake up she'll hug him tight and say good morning.  She doesn't even hug me.  Anytime she needs help with homework she goes to him.  She won't even ask me.  She is always more well behaved around him compared to when he is not home.  When she comes home from work she always runs and hugs him.  If I leave to run errands for a few hours and return I might get a hello or wave?  At night right before she goes to sleep she always calls for daddy instead of me to tuck her in.  Before it was always me.

It's great she loves her dad and I love they are close because when she was younger she wasn't as close to him.  He would be gone for 2-3 days for work and it wasn't a big deal.  Now, if he's gone for 2-3 days she will call him or FaceTime him (she has a kid smart watch).  I know they are closer now because she's been playing basketball and he takes her to all the practices and games, etc.  It's a lot of time during the week.  But, a part of me is like 'what the heck am I invisible now' sort of thinking to myself.  What's even odder is sometimes they'll plan to do things together and if I want to join she sounds surprised.  For instance three weeks ago she had to buy new stuff for her basketball team.  So they planned to go to the store on the weekend.  I asked to come along and her reaction was almost as if she didn't want me to come along!

We only have one child.  Is this normal?  I sort of feel left out.[/quote]

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