A package arrived from my daughter

I understand how you're feeling. I'm not sure why they do the things they do. Your daughter might be trying to make an effort or she might just be trying to draw you back in just to hurt you again when you don't act or say the things she wants. It's really frustrating. As for me, I hate being thrown crumbs every once in awhile. I want a full, healthy relationship with love or nothing at all.

My daughter never called for Thanksgiving, and we never called her. I went out of state and spent Thanksgiving with my parents. I had no intention of buying her Christmas gifts, because I figured she wouldn't call or text no way. So, the first week in December, my daughter texts my husband saying she was shopping online and wanted to know what we wanted. Me, being the dumb a** that I am, got all excited and ran out and bought her gifts thinking she'd be coming for Christmas. Two days before Christmas, I text her to see if she's coming by to pick up her gifts. What do I get? Stone cold silence. I decided right then, that I'm done. On Christmas Eve night, my husband decides to call her and see if she was still coming by. She lied and told him she would. We haven't heard from her since, and she only lives 30 minutes away.

Last night, I opened up the present my husband picked out for her and I'm wearing the shirt right now. I plan on giving some of her gifts away and keeping some for myself. Her birthday is next week. I won't be texting, calling, or wasting money on her. She taught me a lesson. I'll never get my hopes up for her again!