Why won't my teenage son talk to me
I am 56 yrs old, divorced for 17 years with a 19 year old son who has decided to not have me in his life. When he was younger 2 through 14, we used to have a blast going to arcades, movies, parks etc... He had an eating problem... only eating carbs ( bagels, goldfish etc) . By the way, a bad breakup with the ex.. both she and I not doing a great job... It seems like I wanted to be more of a friend than father in the beginning but later on when he was about 15, I changed and diciplined him more. In addition, I spoiled him and stopped that at the same time... The ATM is closed... All he comes to me for is money ( like his mom) He was Bar Mitzvah'd and both his mother and I kept his $$ for college which is what we used it for. He said it was my responsibility to pay for college and still asks for the money ( every 6 months via text).
When he was young, I tried maybe too hard to get him into sports... not in a big way, but to just have a catch and he was not at all interested... perhaps I tried too hard for that...
Bottom line, He ignores me and sometimes laughs when he sees me. I do pay for college, his health insurance and child support... ( never missed a payment ()...
Very sad and frustrated...
What do I do next?