Originally Posted by valinors_sorrow
Talk to your daughter privately and directly about it. If that is not possible, then no wonder she moved away and why the visits are so brief. It may be that there has been a problem for a long time and you are just now "waking up" to it. Communication is the key in all relationships - frank, honest and respectful talking. I am completely estranged from my biological family because we simply cannot talk decently to each other. I now choose not to talk at all over what takes place. Before I left, some of what you are describing almost seems to fit what took place. It almost seems like there is something missing that makes me wonder what is the rest of the story here please?