Visit was short but ok. I think it was short because having come down my step daughter’s friend was moaning that she wanted to get home hours after getting to this area,according to my step daughter.
The friend was polite but conversation was hard. Little snatches of conversation with her then long silences.
My step daughter has done her usual blitzing of the flat and cutting my hair. For a while I won’t look like an ageing hippy.
They were gone by the time I got up.
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Well, you survived and it didn’t sound that bad. Maybe all your fears were unneeded but part of the reality was that why would ANY young girl want to spend more time with ANY adult male who is a stranger, any more than she had to? So it wasn’t your fault if things didn’t go perfect, it was the situation itself. The situation went down for the visit just about how it would for any three people. Sounds like you passed the test.
I would scarcely call her young she has a 19 year old daughter. It would have been good to see more of my stepdaughter but not her fault she had to rely on a friend to get down here.
As you say though the visit went as well as could be expected in the circumstances.
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I am glad that it went relatively well.
I feel uncomfortable with visitors in my home, even certain family members.
Like you I always seem to manage, most of the time
I think it’s because I am so used to being on my own and not having to socially adjust for other people. That and a heavy dose of low self esteem/worth. I always think people are going to think negatively of me and my place.
With me its more Anxiety and OCD/paranoia - I have contamination fears of people that I dont know too well, tampering with my food - this seems to be a common and fixed fear of mine