OMG,I AM JUST ABOUT AT THE END OF MY TETHER.I HAVE BEEN DIVORCED FOR 8 YRS NOW,N OUR DAUGHTER ID NEARLY TEN.THERE IS ABOUT AN HOURS DRIVE BETWEEN US N SHE GOES THERE EVERY OTHER WEEKEND,BUT OMG DO I KNOW ABOUT IT WEN SHE GETS HOME,SHE'S RUDE,MOODY,KNACKERED,ALL OUT OF ROUTINE,SO IT GOES ON TIL WED TIL SHES STRAIGHT AGAIN AND BACK TO BEHAVING LESS LIKE A SPOILT MONSTER.A FEW MONTHS AGO HE FINALLY GOT A GIRLFRIEND,WITH 2 BOYS N A PUPPY!!NOW GOING TO DADS IS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD AND SHE NOW HATES COMIN HOME TO MUM N HER STRUCTURED BUT NORMAL FUN LIFE.I DO EVERYTHING FOR MY DD AND ALWAYS HAVE DONE,BUT NONE OF THAT COUNTS FOR ANYTHING ANY MORE,COS SHE CAN DO WOT SHES WANTS AT DADS N THAT IS MUCH BETTER,APPARENTLY!AS IN STAY UP TIL WENEVER,EAT JUNK FOOD,NOT LIFT A FINGER ALL WEEKEND,PLAY WITH THE PUPPY AND HAVE CONTROL OF THE TV ALL WEEKEND.[POOR BOYS!].NOW I KNOW ALL KIDS PLAY UP WEN THEY HAVE BEEN SPOILT BY DAD ALL WKEND,BUT THIS MORNIN I HAD TO DRAG MY DD TO SCHOOL IN HER PJS AS SHE REFUSED TO GO-BECAUSE SHE DOESNT WANNA LIVE WITH ME ANYMORE OR GO TO SCHOOL OR ANYTHING!NOW OBVIOUSLY THIS HURTS ME A LOT BUT BESIDES THIS I AM REALLY WORRIED FOR HER HAPPYINESS,SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIT MOODY AFTER BEING AT DADS N THAT I CAN COPE WITH,BUT THIS IS GETTING OUT OF CONTROL.SHE LOVES HER DANCE N I TAKE HER TO ALL HER CLASSES N SHOWS ETC,NOW SHE IS SAYIN THAT SHE WUD GIVE IT ALL UP TO LIVE WITH HER DAD.HER DAD MAY LOVE HER,BUT B4 THE NEW GIRLFRIEND CAME ALONG ,HE DIDNT AS MUCH AS TAKE ER TO THE PARK,THEY DONE NOTHIN FOR 8 YEARS N NOW R DOING NORMAL FAMILY THINGS,LIKE SWIMMING,CINEMA ETC,ALL THE FUN STUFF I HAVE BEEN DOING WITH HER ALL HER LIFE.I HAVE BROUGHT HER UP SINGLE HANDED,IN EVERY WAY,HE'S NEVER GIVEN ME ANY MONEY TOWARDS MAINTENANCE.HE'S NEVER BEEN TO A PARENTS EVENING,I HAVE TAKEN HER TO COUNCELLORS,ETC TO HELP HER UNDERSTAND WHY WE SPLIT UP N HELP HER WITH HER BEHAVIOUR.I HAVE TAKEN A PARENTING COURSE TO C IF THEY HAD ANY IDEAS ON HOW TO COPE WITH SEPERATION.I HAVE SPOKEN TO HER DAD ABOUT IT N HE AGREES THAT SHE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT WE R BOTH COMFORTABLE FOR HER TO BE WITH EACH OTHER BUT TBH HE'S ALWAYS FILLED HER HEAD WITH RUBBISH WEN IM NOT AROUND!!OBVIOUSLY IF SHE DIDNT SEE HIM SHE WOULDNT HAVE TO GO THRU THIS CONFUSION OF WHO SHE IS MEANT TO LOVE MOST[AS THAT IS HOW I C THAT SHE FEELS],BUT I CANT STOP HER SEEING HER DAD.HELP!X