Thanks.
To be honest, telling this story made my hands shake and made me feel vaguely ill. It was not easy to write.

I might add that my daughter has a somewhat strained relationship with her mother to this day, but is extremely close to me- to the point of clingyness, where it worries the Lunatic Artist at times. It's due to this and other instances where I stood up to protect her when her mother wouldn't. So perhaps Mini-Me is trying a bit harder than is normal to be like her dad- but I think I can understand why she feels this way.

As a final note- the various and sundry stories I've posted in the past regarding my ex? Not only were they all true, but I understated them quite a lot. She's worse than I've made her out to be.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Mon 21 Apr 2008, 15:09, Reply)