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<blockquote data-quote="ThreeShadows" data-source="post: 316516" data-attributes="member: 6370"><p>Dear Etude, as someone who was an expat I have a different take on things.</p><p></p><p>The move to Europe will not make your child's longing for her father disappear. He is a magical being made even more intriguing by his very absence. I'm assuming she fantasizes about him the way my three adopted children fantasize about their bio parents being better, kinder, more loving than we who are in the trenches with them.</p><p></p><p>I have grown up with my feet in two different continents. I find it hard to relate to those who have been raised in one culture, with similar values and experiences. I have never had to say the Pledge of Allegiance in school. I don't really know where I fit in. My two halves do not make a whole.</p><p></p><p>Do you have a strong support system in Europe? The lure of drugs and alcohol are strong there.</p><p></p><p>I really wish there were such a thing as The Geographical Solution. I wish you and your beloved child the very best. I am finding that thirteen is an awful age!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThreeShadows, post: 316516, member: 6370"] Dear Etude, as someone who was an expat I have a different take on things. The move to Europe will not make your child's longing for her father disappear. He is a magical being made even more intriguing by his very absence. I'm assuming she fantasizes about him the way my three adopted children fantasize about their bio parents being better, kinder, more loving than we who are in the trenches with them. I have grown up with my feet in two different continents. I find it hard to relate to those who have been raised in one culture, with similar values and experiences. I have never had to say the Pledge of Allegiance in school. I don't really know where I fit in. My two halves do not make a whole. Do you have a strong support system in Europe? The lure of drugs and alcohol are strong there. I really wish there were such a thing as The Geographical Solution. I wish you and your beloved child the very best. I am finding that thirteen is an awful age! [/QUOTE]
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