I am really struggling to cope with my daughter at the moment. She is diagnosed bipolar, I found the diagnosis as a relief as at least it explained her behaviour.
She met up with a guy last Easter and by September was pregnant. The relationship was always a bit rocky and getting pregnant with someone you have just met is never a good plan, but we are where we are.
Baby is due in May and her hormones are driving her completely loopy.
She has a nice flat which we are sorting out for her now but the lady upstairs had a leak from her washing machine. She put a note through the door explaining what it was and apologising, and organised someone to come and look at the damage (which is just cosmetic water damage). DD is being completely unreasonable (not with the lady, just generally).
Yesterday I was driven to telling her what I thought, ie that she is being a drama queen, and got my head bitten off in no uncertain terms. All I hear is how S**t her life is and not worth living because everything goes wrong, etc etc etc etc. The boyfriend is not really on the scene, he also suffers poor mental health and they have never really been a good combination. They regularly break up and a few days later are back together. At the moment it is all off again.
I am now in a state because the flat, although it is lovely, is in a remote village with not even a shop. DD can't drive. Baby due in a few weeks. Although I am 100% sure that the boyfriend will do his share of paying for baby etc, I just know that I am going to spend the rest of my life sorting out DDs 'disasters' and having to put up with the hysteria that goes with it all and I am now tired and fed up with it.
I would like to tell her to get out of my life and leave me alone, but how can I do that? I am her Mum and stuck with her.
No real point to this rant, just need to get it off my chest somewhere fairly anonymous. If you have read it to the end, thank you.