My 15yo DD has told me several times in anger that she doesn’t like me but I’ve always assumed it’s the voice of teenage fury. Today, after a doozy of a row, she says she really doesn’t like me, doesn’t care about my problems (just lost my Dad, now carer for my Mum & working FT). She says at 18 she will wash her hands of me and in the mean time just wants to be left alone.
I’m stunned, bereft and quite angry. I’d never have spoken to my parents this way.