He is my eldest (of 2). When he was little we were so close. I could look at him and know what he was thinking etc as I guess is the case with many mums/children.
I've always been a sahm. Marriage going through terrible time and we are about to break the news that we are divorcing :(
I just feel no connection to him any more. He is generally a well behaved boy. Not too stroppy, and he hasn't yet discovered girls or started a social life other than his friends spending a lot of time here and him being at their houses.
His dad and him get on great, talk football, go to football....his life is football. I don't understand football at all nor do I wish to. I actually was the one who encouraged my husband to get a season ticket for the children so that they spend time together especially as they get older.
But I feel like whatever I talk to him about he isn't interested. I know this can be normal for a teenager but I get so hurt that he will talk to my husband so much even tho it is just about football.
If he is reading the newspaper I try to talk about the article he is reading, or talk about what he watched on tv etc. but it is always one word answers.
Can anyone suggest anything I can do to recapture our bond? Or is that it and I hVe to let him go and grow up. I feel it especially important given that the family will be 'splitting up' although he will remain with me probably 60% of the time. I guess if I'm honest and truth be told it seems so hurtful that I hve spent all his life caring for him and being here for him and now he doesn't want my company or my input on anything :(
I know teenagers are hard and I just want to know the best way to handle it please. I remember feeling my parents don't understand me at all so I know how he feels...
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