Dear Amy: She’s still trying to get a positive response out of him. I told her to forget it and to move on.
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Her father and I divorced when she was a toddler. He had all the visitation he wanted, and paid child support.When she was 16, he stopped seeing her because she got her driver’s license and he said that she could drive to see him instead of him driving to see her.She had a job and was still in high school, so she didn’t drive there.
For this, he has decided to punish her for as long as it takes. What a guy. And now he doesn’t even need to put any effort into his punishment, because she is doing it for him. Every time she makes an effort, she is reminded of the rejection. But for her, “moving on” would involve anticipating and completely detaching from the outcome. She is trying, and that will have to be enough.I’m a 67-year-old male and am having a hard time with physical mobility issues and the anxiety of going out.
I appreciate your insight about the connection between your mobility fears and your isolation. My local hospital shares space with a popular gym, and it is inspiring to see people carefully working with physical therapists, alongside other patrons who are simply working out.
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