Lost relationship with Daughter

[Dad1989]

I am a Dad, divorced from my daughters mother and re married that thinks I have lost the relationship with my 19 year old daughter, and I really don’t know how to get it back

To be honest all you can do is reach out to her. The worst thing she can say is she isn't interested in having a relationship with you. On the other hand she might be willing to rebuild with you. I don't currently have any contact with my father and I harbour a lot of resentment towards him. However if he reached out and apologised for being a shit dad then I'd be willing to forgive. Good luck

I think you need to be really honest with yourself about your own failings as a parent and then admit them to her, and apologise. That kind of self analysis is really hard but you can either have a big ego and lie to yourself or you can have a relationship with your daughter. You can’t build a relationship with her now without apologises and acknowledging the past.

Be prepared for her to reb l / be mean / lash out and be a man about it - it’s above and take some of the flak even if it is unfair as that is cathartic and therapeutic for her. She will come round.

We might be able to give you better advice if we knew how you lost the relationship with your daughter. What happened?