(Context: I, II, III)

O'Sadleys, Circa. 2007

Jerk Ford: What? I remember the only time I almost died. Better World Ford had me at gun point. The Ford Hate Club must be spreading rumours again, huh Watch?

Watchdog: Yes. Truly, their enmity for you has become desperate and Machiavellian.

Also Watchdog, the second Jerk Ford isn't looking:

Try asking @nowimjustastranger. Watchdog Ford maybe knows more than he's letting on...

I don't have favorites, but @blameless-job and @sitisonmyface seem like a nice couple.

I (44M) have an 18 year old daughter with my late wife. My daughter has a number of health conditions and most of those have been diagnosed since early childhood like her asthma. My late wife died when she was 5 and I started dating my wife (41F) 5 years after the passing of my first wife. We married when my daughter was 13. Because my wife was going to be helping take care of my daughter I told her about my daughter's health issues. My daughter didn't like that I told my wife. She told me it was none of my wife's business and the decision should have been 100% hers what she was told. I explained to my daughter my reasons for telling my wife but she said none of it mattered because it was none of my wife's business and she was not okay with her knowing. She made it very clear she did not want my wife involved in any level of her medical care including attending appointments or being part of discussions. I respected this but she has held it against both of us ever since and once she turned 18 she moved into her aunt's house and shut me out. I got one text after explaining that she was not okay with me telling my wife and my wife knowing and she said she did not want to talk to me. I told my daughter I was sorry this angered her so much and I wanted to work on things but I would accept her boundaries and leave the door open. She has not been in touch in months and I have let her aunt know a couple of times that I'd love to hear from my daughter but there's still nothing. I have no idea what to do. My daughter's babysitters all knew when she was younger because if she was in their care they needed to and my daughter never had an issue. My wife was in charge at times and my daughter was in her care while I wasn't around so I felt she needed to know too in case of an emergency but I never expected her to react like this. I have no idea what to do from here or if there's anything I can do.

Your daughter knows how to find you. You don't need to remind her.

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The Missing Missing Reasons

Members of estranged parents' forums often say their children never gave them any reason for the estrangement, then turn around and reveal that their children did tell them why. But the reasons their children give—the infamous missing reasons—are missing.

“My sons consistently refuse to reply to my emails and let my calls go to voicemail, or barely speak if they do answer. They accuse me of being a terrible person, but won’t elaborate about exactly what I’ve done. Well, sometimes they do, but it doesn’t make sense, at least to me. For example, it’s hard to be part of the birth of my grandchild if I didn’t know that I was going to have one!

All this started because of a personal email they felt entitled to read on my computer.”

— Elizabeth Vagnioni, "Why Some Grown Kids Cut Off Their Parents"

What were the other reasons her sons give? Not knowing about the birth of her grandchild can't be the only one.[1] What was in the email that caused both her sons to cut her off? We're supposed to be distracted by the hinkiness of the sons reading the email, and never notice that Vagnioni just told us that she knows exactly why her sons cut her off. Pay no attention to the missing explanation behind the curtain.

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