Well the thing about children is that they are champions at using what I call "emotional blackmail" to make us parents feel guilty (sometimes in small ways sometimes in big ways). Because we love them so much, it's difficult to watch them suffer while they work through their own emotions (whether the emotions are warranted or not and whether they are the result of their own actions or not). If they can pin their emotional turmoil on something we have done or are doing then our feelings are mixed with guilt and it makes it all the more difficult think clearly for us. But more impotantly also for them because all the while they are focusing on what we are doing or not doing they are not working on themselves and their own emotional growth.
To know for sure one has to separate the "guilt factor" from the equation ... then look at what feelings are left within ourselves ...
If she was ok about it before the event, it means your daughter's logical mind accepted that you need to move on and have a life of your own.
Sounds to me like her eaction is purely emotional. May be it would help to talk with her about what her fears are rather than whether it's right or wrong in her eyes for you to start dating again. I think that a lot of gut emotional reactions are created by fear of something. If her feelings were validated by you saying that you understand that she is still hurting from the loss of her Mum may be it would help. Also encouraging her to share with you or may be encourage her to write about what her fears are, then share them with you ... It could be something as simple as her projecting forward and imagining you being intimate with someone in what used to be yours and her Mum's private space ... But she might find sharing this with you difficult. Also may be she is imagining someone walking into your home and starting to change it from what it used to be like and she is not ready to face up to those changes yet because the home how it used to be/is now holds her Mum's memories ... Even though she knows you love her, it's also possible that she is scared that once you have a serious relationship with someone there won't be "much room for her" and you're the only one she has left. Again it's about fear ... I'm just guessing here ... and me be way off the mark ...
Basically what I mean to say is, for you to chat with her NOT about how she's acting/reacting but about what emotions she is feeling and what feers are creatings such reactions ...
I hope you and your daughter will be able to resolve this very emotional dilemma
At one stage, I did a bit of autimatic writing to answer a q about relationships ...
This is an extract of what "my hand" wrote:
... encouraging both to use faith in self and the other as an underlying force within the relationship. With faith (in self & the other) comes trust and motivation and peace. Faith in oneself and the other allows the truth that whatever the other does is never for the detriment of the relationship in intention. Faith (in self & the other) erradicates doubt in self and other. It brings positive reactions and ways of being. Positive ways of being bring positive reactions from other and so on and so forth.
When things go wrong, and you are both wondering what the heck is going on and how you got there... Your sabotaging minds and allowing doubt to set in, is how you got there. And letting negativity take hold above love and commitment.
Moving on from such negative place is easy!! Call a truce. Make it possible for the other to make first step or make it yourself. Understand the other's view point and then forgive!! Don't forget!! Just forgive. Accepting each other as you are is not easy. Accept from the other what does not affect you personally, by that I mean quality of life. Tolerate the rest if possible. Tolerate does not mean embrace. It means tolerate without fuss. It's a kind of acceptance without encouragement...
PS. Automatic writing can be used to allow a higher level of consciousness to "speak". To do automatic writing, get pen and paper, sit confortably, relax, ask a question, void your mind, let your hand do the writing without interruption or pause. Don't stop to question clarify or draw conclusions. Just keep on writing, don't worry about spelling or punctuation. Let it flow ...
I think you will find that there are plenty of "older" women out there (and here) who get contacted by younger men offering them a relationship and not all of those younger men take no for an answer because in their mind "older woman" equals desperate ...
In the past, I have also noticed on many men over 50's profiles, on this site and others, that they are looking for women age from 18 to 35/40 ish
Another thing I have noticed is that men over 40 who find themselves still single or divorced but have yet no children are looking for much younger partners ... may be to allow for the possibility or still having children
Whatever!!!
Everyone has a reason for looking for who they're looking for, be it to massage their ego or some other need/reason ... Each to their own!!! And good luck!!!
Who says to be a true a believer in God one has to follow a doctrine? Hang on!!! I'll answer my own questions!!! I know who says that!!!! The doctrines within the bible and the Koran and many other doctrines under many other "religious" names ...
All I now about feelings is to accept them and validate them within yourself ... Otherwise you are negating what you are feeling. It doesn't matter that you thing there is no reason why you should feel sad.
In the past, I found that when I couldn't work out why I suddenly felt sad/down ... when I looked into it, I realised It was the anniversary of something sad that had happened in the past. It's like my body has a memory ... It helped me to accept how I was feeling and made me feel better just by knowing there was a kind of reason for it ...
Educated people might make better decisions and be able to think for themselves granted ... That alone though could have the opposite effect on the divorce rate. IE people, male and female, can be financially independent and look after themselves ... one less reason to stay in a difficult marriage ...
I think that academic intelligence has nothing to do with emotional intelligence/maturity. People can be very well educated and good at looking after themselves. But if they come from a totally dysfunctional background which would make them emotionaly immature, they would still have problems with their relationships.
May be emotional intelligence (maturity) should be included in the curriculum so that irrespective of kids backgrounds/home life, they would learn healthy communication.
I think it's beautiful, it feels nice and is just the right size!!!!
Dirty mind?
What's dirty about having breakfast in bed?