Dear HippieChick:

I am curious as to how it is going to go so please do let us know!

It might be that again, he will get emotional and that it will go nowhere. This is a possibility and part of preparing for the meeting is seeing that it is a real possibility and be prepared to, once your calmness makes no difference, to get in your car and leave.

It is an opportunity though for better communication and if that can help your daughter, there is great value in it. So, I would be cautiously optimistic.

Setting rules and expectations at the start of the meeting can maximize the chances for it being a good meeting… expectations are very important to set. It is a good expectation for him to not expect all problems to go away. I hope he expects some discomfort, some old issues coming up again, in his own brain. And that he expects that not all problems are going to be resolved in that one meeting, if ever.

Please do post again, anytime, before and after!

anita