Sounds like maybe there was a reason your wife divorced you.

I see you don’t value privacy much. I have a 17 yr old daughter who has been writing in diaries since she was 7, and I have zero idea what she has written outside of what she has shown me, because I value her privacy. Hell I don’t even snoop through my kids rooms, as I hated when my parents would do that when I was a kid.

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Unless your daughter has done something to warrant a severe lack of trust, snooping through her things is uncalled for. my parents did it to me, and I got better at both lying and hiding things, mostly to keep privacy on basic things. don't treat you child like a prison inmate, unless she's talked about suicide, into hard drugs or something that is a major risk to her or another's safety. Trust until she gives you a reason not to...

If your wife left, I'd say your groveling skills need a major overhaul. Ask Ted Cruz or Lindsay Graham for advice. They are world-class snivelers.

You’re saying a teenage girl /doesn’t/ want to have her privacy grossly invaded and her boundaries trampled all over? Say it ain’t so.

That thing that just flew away, never to be seen again? Yeah, that was your CREDIBILITY as a parent.

No wonder your wife left you, if you're as bad of a husband as you are a dad.