Quote Originally Posted by Sue View Post
My youngest daughter (19) has stayed pretty scarce ever since I came out to her because of life and being gone with her boyfriend a lot. I never really suspected her knowing was a problem, she is just one of those that can disappear for large amounts of time. Last night she came home with the intent of starting to have more time away from her boyfriend and wanted to do more things with our family. Seems like one of those balance things I like to talk about. :D

This morning, I did my usual, got up while dressed in a nightgown, got my coffee, and start going through emails and this site. She came upstairs as she wasn't able to sleep and we started talking about her relationship and where she is going with life. This led to her talking about how she wants to teach me different things with my make-up and hair and we talked about products we each like. Which also led going through my make-up "toolkit". It had been a while since we had a good talk, so just flowing into this after coming out to her was very nice. What is really good is that instead of a father "you need to do this and that" talk, it was some real heart to heart talking. So score another one in the plus column!
It's great that your daughter wants to spend more time with you and the rest of her family, and even better that she is accepting of you. I don't really agree with you in terms of what constitutes a father-child discussion, and I think a father should also be open and sensitive to their children's thoughts and opinions, while accepting them when there is not an obvious reason to disagree. Although, I respect your opinion on the role of the father, and I think the fact that you are more cabable of having a productive attitude when you are presenting as female just goes to show that you are a lot more comfortable being viewed and treated like one. I hope you get to have many more heart to heart discussions with your daughter, and am sure that you will have a lot to teach each other!