A man shared how he is a widowers and his daughter recently caught him sleeping with his date and now refuses to talk to him.
Here is the story
My daughter won’t talk to me. And I don’t know what to do.
Her mom and I were school sweethearts and had her young. We lost my wife over 2 years ago to cancer. Ever since it’s been me and her. We have both gone to therapy since it happened to cope with the grief. I was especially destroyed by it, she was the love of my life.
When I met my coworker “Maya” I didn’t expect to develop feelings. For the past 4 months we’ve worked together I just did. She knows about my history with my wife. And she’s been pretty respectful about it. Finally over a month ago I asked her out on a date, she said yes. I didn’t tell my daughter about any of this because I wasn’t ready to admit to her that I’m interested in someone else. Figured to date a while and if I felt it was really gonna go somewhere then find the right time to tell her.
This weekend my daughter was gonna be with her best friend’s family to celebrate her birthday at their home. She was meant to stay there until Monday morning. So thinking that I’d be free, Maya and I went out on our 3rd date. At the end of it we got pretty caught up in the kissing. We just wanted to be together.
And my place was the closest. We got intimate last night and fell asleep. My daughter showed up wayyy sooner than expected. Her work asked her to cover a shift on Monday so she decided to drive back early before Sunday traffic hit. She found us asleep together and lost it. When we talked after Maya left she accused me of not caring about my wife and she’s disgusted I’d move on so easily. I know what she’s saying is coming from her grief.
I tried talking getting through to her. She didn’t want to hear it though. All day today she’s been ignoring me. This is killing me. I can’t lose my daughter too and I don’t know what to do to make this situation better. What can I do for her to make this easier? This isn’t how I wanted her to find out about this