My teen son has been alienated from me after I separated from his Dad, I still see him for short periods but things are difficult.
Just saw him in our local supermarket with his mates and I made the mistake of approaching him to say hi. I said - hello, DS, what you up to? I said do you need any money for sweets etc. It was awful. He froze, backed away and told me to go away twice. I backed right off and said speak to you soon and quickly left the supermarket. I feel like such a fool for approaching him, especially in front of his friends, I feel like I showed him up and I’ve made a bad situation much worse. I’ll never approach him if I see him in public again, I feel like such an idiot 😔