Just had a massive argument with one of my daughters, in which she pretty much told me that her mother was <my birthname> and that as soon as I changed my name, her mother died and I'm just a stranger to her.
She said - again - that she can't wait to move away from me. She kept saying that I'm 'dangerous', but could give no reasons why she might think that, and no examples of ways in which I endanger her. Why? Because there aren't any!
I asked her what makes her feel that way, and the best she could come up with is that she wouldn't want to be under my roof when I find a new partner (who would obviously be a gay man) because the idea grosses her out. When pressed, she didn't have any qualms about her dad entering into a new relationship (which would obviously be hetero). Because obviously that would be normal, wouldn't it? But she insists she isn't homophobic!
I said she needs to do some serious introspection to figure out why she feels so hateful towards me, especially since she can't give any reasons why she feels this way. She continuously tried to knock me down - and I'll admit, T or no T I did shed a few tears - but I didn't let her get me. Jeez, my family hates it when I don't let them treat me like a punchbag.
Looks like I need to lawyer up, pronto.
Oh, and the trigger for this? We're going to have to put our dog down this week and naturally she's hurting about that so she was lashing out at the easiest target. But attacking me is
not going to make her feel better.
