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Submitted by paul_in_utah on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 1:05pm

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to come home after a business trip and find my house in good order, with no enitited skid lounging on the couch, copping an attitude and chowing down on every item of food in sight. Ever since my SD17 went to live with her bio-daddy, things have been **MUCH** better on the home front (minus visitation last weekend - see my prior entry for the disappointing details).

I know that a lot of people on here have it rough, but remember, there are occasional positive stories, and some day, your skids may eventually move on, maybe when you least expect it. I never thought that it would happen for me, and then POW! One day she was gone. I'm still in the process of decompressing, and likely will be for a while, but I have already noticed a change in my energy level, and overall happiness. Keep the faith, you never know when your situation may improve.

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Submitted by Sweetnothings on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 1:49pm

I never really noticed just how theatrical my sd21 used to be when she lived with us fulltime for over 2 years ( yes , I know, big mistake, in allowing that ! ) When it was just her and me in the house I would be lucky to see her outside of her pit, sorry, bedroom, apart from feeding times !!! When DH was home, he was travelling with work a lot at the time, she would make like three or four passes through where we were, the kitchen, the lounge, etc, per hour..... Doing the petrified , sad little girl, no one loves meeee routine !!! At the time she was like 18 !!!!!
I still relish the peace and quiet in the house now, just normal stuff, normal adults do, no more drama !! We also suffered from sd21 eating all the food, snacks went in like two days !!!! I warned DH that her eating at night, etc, was going to lead to a weight problem and here we are, with her like 50 lbs overweight !!!
Best decision ever made was sending her back, to finish her education at home, not that she returned to live with BM, who apart from all the bitching about stuff, didn't want her back !!! Funny that !!!

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Submitted by paul_in_utah on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 3:23pm

Good for you! I'm approaching my 4 **week** anniversary, and it feels like she's been gone for years already!