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<blockquote data-quote="End of our rope" data-source="post: 632254" data-attributes="member: 17544"><p>Since my first posting I have lost both of my parents, my 49 year old brother in law to cancer and have my entire family pissed off because my folks made me the youngest the executor. All the while still dealing with my difficult child. Well just this morning at 6:15 we got a call that she was in jail. Talk about detaching! Now with all of her <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> she has never every been in jail. She was at a party with friends and helped herself to a few of the hosts items. The host noticed things were missing and called the police who promptly took her in. We chose today to not bail her out at this time. Not that I am not ready to run down there with the 2K bond money and get her out but we are actually trying something different. Nothing we have tried so far has made a dent. She clearly has more mental problems than we ever suspected and this instance today has proved it. I don't know anymore what is the right or wrong thing to do here. The kids are safe in their beds which is important but know their innocence is gone. Our future for the next 12 years isn't at our retirement home in Florida because now we are parents again. No kids should have to be raised by grumpy old people.</p><p></p><p>God help me I am lost with no hope for tomorrow! For the first time in almost 40 years with my wife we find ourselves at odds over all of this. I fear it is just the start of more than we can stand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="End of our rope, post: 632254, member: 17544"] Since my first posting I have lost both of my parents, my 49 year old brother in law to cancer and have my entire family pissed off because my folks made me the youngest the executor. All the while still dealing with my difficult child. Well just this morning at 6:15 we got a call that she was in jail. Talk about detaching! Now with all of her :censored2: she has never every been in jail. She was at a party with friends and helped herself to a few of the hosts items. The host noticed things were missing and called the police who promptly took her in. We chose today to not bail her out at this time. Not that I am not ready to run down there with the 2K bond money and get her out but we are actually trying something different. Nothing we have tried so far has made a dent. She clearly has more mental problems than we ever suspected and this instance today has proved it. I don't know anymore what is the right or wrong thing to do here. The kids are safe in their beds which is important but know their innocence is gone. Our future for the next 12 years isn't at our retirement home in Florida because now we are parents again. No kids should have to be raised by grumpy old people. God help me I am lost with no hope for tomorrow! For the first time in almost 40 years with my wife we find ourselves at odds over all of this. I fear it is just the start of more than we can stand. [/QUOTE]
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