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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 342770" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>Gosh, MM, it just breaks my heart. </p><p> </p><p>I assume getting custody is out of the question. And there's always the argument of how much one person can take on...She wouldn't be your only child or your only difficult child...sometimes I hate the shades of gray. I used to think it was all black and white...I've learned.</p><p> </p><p>difficult child 1's mom was like this. She'd find a boyfriend and be gone for months, ditch the boyfriend and crawl back to DEX. Til difficult child 1 was about 3. Over and over. It even occurred after DEX and I were married...and he'd go out cheating with her while I sat at home with <em>their</em> kid.</p><p> </p><p>They talked about getting back together, but difficult child 1 was their hangup. DEX wanted to leave him with me; she wanted him back (ironically, she hated me).</p><p> </p><p>A couple of times, when they weren't together and she wasn't clean, she called me and asked me to take her younger daughter. She'd cry the sob story about how she couldn't stay clean and her daughter was suffering, etc. It broke my heart, but I knew, just as soon as she was back on or off her high (whichever was prompting the call) she'd be yanking the daughter back, and where I was a step parent to difficult child 1, I was nothing to this girl...I'd have not a single leg to stand on. I wasn't attached to that child, but to this day, those phone calls still disturb me. </p><p> </p><p>Anyway, didn't mean to hijack your thread...just sending support.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 342770, member: 1848"] Gosh, MM, it just breaks my heart. I assume getting custody is out of the question. And there's always the argument of how much one person can take on...She wouldn't be your only child or your only difficult child...sometimes I hate the shades of gray. I used to think it was all black and white...I've learned. difficult child 1's mom was like this. She'd find a boyfriend and be gone for months, ditch the boyfriend and crawl back to DEX. Til difficult child 1 was about 3. Over and over. It even occurred after DEX and I were married...and he'd go out cheating with her while I sat at home with [I]their[/I] kid. They talked about getting back together, but difficult child 1 was their hangup. DEX wanted to leave him with me; she wanted him back (ironically, she hated me). A couple of times, when they weren't together and she wasn't clean, she called me and asked me to take her younger daughter. She'd cry the sob story about how she couldn't stay clean and her daughter was suffering, etc. It broke my heart, but I knew, just as soon as she was back on or off her high (whichever was prompting the call) she'd be yanking the daughter back, and where I was a step parent to difficult child 1, I was nothing to this girl...I'd have not a single leg to stand on. I wasn't attached to that child, but to this day, those phone calls still disturb me. Anyway, didn't mean to hijack your thread...just sending support. [/QUOTE]
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