I Have Marfan Syndrome

My oldest daughter, Samantha, and I have a very tumultuous relationship.  I don't know if it's because I am male and she's female, I'm her father, or, as Pauline has pointed out, because she has the exact same energy as my mother... maybe it's all three; add on that I'm the one that's with her 24 hours a day.

For meals, Samantha, Olivia and I sit at our table.  We eat just about every meal together.  Three days out of the week, Samantha is at Pre-School for lunch, and Pauline is only home for meals on the weekend.  At the table, Samantha sits across from me and Olivia sits on my left.

This week, I have just realized that I have not been looking at Samantha in the eyes.  I've been looking at Olivia much more.  It's not that I haven't been paying attention to Samantha.  It's not that I haven't been looking at Samantha, or that I haven't been talking to her - I just haven't been looking at her in the eyes.  But I have been almost constantly looking at Olivia.

I know it's a small thing, and might be unnoticeable... but it also might be very noticeable.  I am very conflicted about Samantha.  She and I butt heads quite a lot.

Like I said before, Pauline thinks it's because she is very VERY similar to my mother in her sense of humor, in her affects, her energy (very manic).  Meanwhile, Olivia and I get along better so far.  This seems to be because Olivia is almost the spitting image of Pauline.

I don't want to play favorites, I never wanted to be that kind of parent.  This is going to be a lot tougher than originally thought!

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