Background: I have been in
SS's life since he was 5.
DH and his ex had been divorced over a year when I met him. We were married 5 months later and we've been married ever since (13 years this November).
BM was a hostile agressive parent. SS seemed to buy every word she uttered. She told him that only the people you live with are your REAL family. He even rationalized sodomizing his little brothers because they weren't real. She demonized me for making sure SS was convicted so that he could get the counseling he needed. It has been a long living hell. SS turned 18 in NOV.
The last CS payment was June 1 and as of last Tuesday, BM kicked SS out of the house... wait, thats not entirely true, cause BM let her drug addicted older son come home and he was beating up SS, so SS asked her to make older half brother leave. She instead decides that since the gravy train is over, SS can shut up and take it or leave (apparently BM is getting some money from older son.)
Tonight while chatting online (SS was at the library) he admitted to knowing his mom was a hostile agressive parent and that he was better on the street than going back to her home.
Also found out that SS dropped out of school in April 2009. BM got an extra month of support. I am pissed. I am so almost done and now I have to help this kid (he is about 15 mentally) who is 18 learn to use the system to survive, cause I cannot bring him back to our home. My in-laws probably would have helped, but my FIL had 2 heart attacks lately, so that is not an option right now. SS's conviction makes it hard to get him help through shelters. SS needs to finish high school, and wants to, but without somewhere to live and food to eat, he is not likely to go... survival comes first.
DH will not be back from Iraq until August. He is trying to deal with things, but 11 hours and many miles make it HARD.
Yeah, Drama. I think I will go find my panic meds, cause my blood pressure is spiking and my chest hurts.