Dear Abby: I don’t want my long-estranged daughter at my deathbed
After six to eight years of no contact, her daughter responded on Facebook but refuses to say why she cut off communication, leaving the mother resentful and guarded.
DEAR ABBY: For years, my only daughter and I got along pretty well. Then she stopped visiting or speaking to us, meaning we didn’t see our grandchildren or my son-in-law. That went on for six to eight years. Suddenly, she has responded on Facebook but refuses to tell me what the problem was.
When you don’t communicate with somebody for this long, it’s difficult because so much has happened in the interim that conversations are now as if I’m speaking to a stranger. I deeply resent this, though I pretend I’m fine because if I don’t, all communication will cease again.