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Postmodern Brady Bunch Stuff
Jul. 25th, 2004 08:41 amI have to admit that it was a strange feeling to watch my daughter, my ex-husband, and his SO gathered at the curbside check-in at the airport this morning as they prepared to go visit his parents in Massachusets. (I volunteered to drive them to the airport.) This will be the SO's first encounter with them, and I wish her well. My former mother-in-law is a formidable person, a definite alpha female with strong protective instincts where her son is concerned, and she has her share of neuroses. She can also be very generous and loving -- but she is almost always overbearing in some way. I'm on reasonably good terms with my former in-laws, but remain glad I no longer have to be social with them.
My daughter is afraid to fly, and the three do not have seats together on this first leg of the flight. I am hoping that some generous soul will offer to trade with them.
The good news is that my daughter very much likes the SO, and wants to sit next to her, and I trust the SO to be protective of and comforting to my daughter. But it was still hard to drive away and see my daughter starting to cry but trying to be brave.
I do feel more comfortable about my daughter traveling with her dad with the SO along. My Ex is an absent-minded sort, and I've always had awful visions of him simply not realizing that our child is not still with him at some point. I trust the SO to keep a better eye on her and keep everything together.
My daughter is afraid to fly, and the three do not have seats together on this first leg of the flight. I am hoping that some generous soul will offer to trade with them.
The good news is that my daughter very much likes the SO, and wants to sit next to her, and I trust the SO to be protective of and comforting to my daughter. But it was still hard to drive away and see my daughter starting to cry but trying to be brave.
I do feel more comfortable about my daughter traveling with her dad with the SO along. My Ex is an absent-minded sort, and I've always had awful visions of him simply not realizing that our child is not still with him at some point. I trust the SO to keep a better eye on her and keep everything together.
