keepingmyheadup

[>Charlotte<]

Ma'am, if all I had to fight off the people that took my kids were my bare hands and a kitchen chair, I would have burst in there like an off Broadway version of Siegfried and Roy.

Hey, Georgia---I think that's off-off-off-Broadway.

 

[summerdawn]

If she actually went to consult with an attorney like she said, do you think there is a chance her attorney may have advised her not to update about her case anymore while sheis in the process of trying to fight for her child?

 

[LdiJ]

If she actually went to consult with an attorney like she said, do you think there is a chance her attorney may have advised her not to update about her case anymore while sheis in the process of trying to fight for her child?

That's not impossible...but I think along the lines of everyone else...I don't think she even tried to get her child. I also think that's probably why she didn't come back.

Unless of course it wasn't mom posting at all, but the grandparents posting to see what kind of advice they would get.

 

[cmtx2]

What if she was a troll just out to get us all worked up? Is it sick...yes, but does it happen, yes.

Wow, i've turned into a pesimistic person.

 

[TinkerBelleLuvr]

I left you guys hanging - for a few days. I didn't have internet access cuz I was traveling and dealing with SweetPea.

 

[cyjeff]

Hey, Georgia---I think that's off-off-off-Broadway.

What can I say?

Here in Georgia, we call cats that size "Kitty" and use them to watch over the lumber yard.

 

[pa1981]

I'm usually suspicious when a person's actions don't match the level of desperation, determination, or resolve of their statements.

Show of hands, parents--if someone had your child and wouldn't give him back, would you spend all day online venting about your problems, or would there be a big you-shaped hole in the front door of the person who had your child? I understand her initial problem was that she thought she had no choice, but after the first two or three "go get your child" posts, I would have expected to hear the sound of her front door slamming before her "thanks" post cleared the board.

Maybe I'm just getting too cynical in my old age.

I thought the exact same thing, but gave her the benefit of the doubt just in case.

I hear alot of that stuff from my sister. It got easier when I realized that most of the time she wanted a plausable excuse for doing what she wanted that still made her out to be a concerned mom. Part of me suspected that keepingmyheadup was just trying to reassure herself that she did what she could to get her daughter back, so when people ask why she doesn't have her daughter she can blame gramma for railroading her.

The part about "buying" the kid hit me differently than most of you guys as well. Think about it: the mother leaves the kid for two years to pay off her debts. I can see the grandparents in their panic actually thinking "WE just love our grandchild. SHE cares more about money so maybe she'll leave us alone if we give her alot of it..." It really gave me pause because right or wrong the grandparents must have thought the poster would accept the offer, or else they wouldn't have offered it. I guess you can take it either way...I'd be horribly offended, but I'd also ask what in the Hell I did to give them the impression that I would entertain such an offer. It's like someone mistaking you for a hooker...it's still not right, but you do kinda have to ask yourself if you really wanna give off that impression.

I hope whatever happens that the child is OK. I hope for keepingmyheadups sake that I just read way too much into this.