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Enyo
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I'm 29- Hubby is 35.  Old man.
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panzerkreuzer
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Enyo
I'm 29- Hubby is 35. Old man. |
pfft. i´m 34 and def. not old. 
serious. you both have a good age for living with a teen. you still know a bit of her world and so´ll the understanding will be easier.
that will work. 
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DaveMoral
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Being a punk rocker doesn't hurt either.
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Enyo
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Who said I was a punk rocker? 
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wow.....this is really awesome.I love hearing things like this. She seems to be helping you almost as much as your helping her by making you "glow"
and proud,as you should be. Your doing a very brave and wonderful thing for that child. Every little girl needs a mother. I really hope ya'll are able
to adopt her at some point.
Congrats to you and your husband
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Seems I'm late to the party on this one... But a huge congrats to you girl!!!
All three of my kids are teenagers, and believe me, it does not get easier. But you'll be stoked later that you are close enough in age to relate to
her as she begins going thru all the teenage crap.
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panzerkreuzer
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how´s the situation two weeks later? still everything fine?
i hope so.
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Enyo
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Actually no- I updated in a another post, but she was way too much for me to handle.
I totally should have known better, but I took what DSS said at face value and what they told me were her issues and what actually were her issues
were two totally different things.
A couple of things...
We moved her to a new foster home. 3 other girls her age. She will be much happier there, the new foster mom is very experienced and only works with
girls around her age.
As soon as the honeymoon stage was over things went bad very quickly. She was only a couple inches shorter than me and I physically could not control
her. I can't handle the stress of having every moment she is at home be a battle. We made the right decision, but it was heart breaking.
We really love this kid, but we are not the right family for her. We were so worried about not being able to see her again or not knowing what was
going on with her, but we met the new foster mom and we can call her and visit and take her for weekends.
I am so happy about that.
We are taking a short break to regoup and will be reopening our home in a couple months. This time I am sticking to under age 3. If I have to get in
the floor and wrestle I'm ok with it as long as I'm sure I'll win!
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BDx13
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i know the outcome was not what you would have liked, but it sounds like at the very least the experience was a valuable one. good for you for having
tried and for being up for trying again.
and even if you only see the first girl on occasions, or maintain a penpal type relationship, at least she can count on you as a positive influence in
her life. what teen doesn't need that?
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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