She has been very independent from an early age... so she actually hasn't asked for a lot in recent years. She moved 2000 miles away last year after she married an older retired Army Ranger and we haven't heard a lot from her since. But she is like any child and she desires approval from her parents especially after her screw-ups. We have tried to let her know when we thought that she was making big mistakes, but she did what she wanted to anyway. But she is living with the consequences of her actions.
There simply is no way to get an accurate and detailed picture across in a forum such as this about relationships that have gone on for the better part of 40 years. So your perception of what we are doing wrong may not be very accurate.
We do not try to run her life even though from my point of view a woman with as much potential as she has should have done better. The same could probably be said of her father and her mother, so who are we to judge? But that is one reason why it is a good idea to have several kids which we did. And we all seem to be doing OK anyway.
There simply is no way to get an accurate and detailed picture across in a forum such as this...
It frustrates me sometimes when women and animal lovers, based on a few of my posts, accuse me of being some sort of monster. I have a very large circle of friends and family that would strongly disagree.
But then, they are basing their opinion on more than a few posts on a single topic. ;-)