My daughter is nearly 13 and we are very close. She knows she can talk to me about anything (or at least, I hope she knows she can).
We were at the library today and she was looking for a specific book but couldn't remember the title. Eventually she shyly asked if I knew if they had any LGBTQ books for tweens. I didn't know but a quick google pulled up a few which we found and she checked out.
Once we got back to the car I told her that I loved her and I would love her regardless of who she loved. I said I wouldn't push, but if she ever felt like she wanted to tell me something, I would listen. She went beet red, mumbled something about me being weird and completely shut down.
I feel like I screwed up and shouldn't have said anything to her until she came to me. But then I was worried that not acknowledging the subject might make her feel like I wouldn't be accepting of her if she were to talk to me.
Have I totally screwed up?