“Start by keeping the lines of communication open. You have to keep talking to her.” “It’s hard. Especially since she used to love me. I can’t bear the way she looks at me.” “You have to. One day, when she’s no longer a teenager and the hormones have leveled and her prefrontal cortex is fully developed, she’s going to think of you. She’ll think you’re a jerk for cheating on her mom, but don’t let her think you’re a jerk for abandoning her. Let her hate you. Embrace her as she hates you. Be there for every moment of it.” “I don’t know how to talk to her.” “Figure it out. Even as we get older,
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