CatherineM Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Best thing that happened today is I survived it. I had to deal with social workers who must have full time maids, cooks, and chauffeurs. A mentally retarded young adult doesn't necessarily keep his room clean enough to do surgery in. He also prefers meat and potatoes to fruit and vegetables. Silly me, I thought the most important thing for a kid whose mom tossed him out when he was 12 was a warm, secure, and loving home. They threatened to remove him because he had dirty clothes on his bedroom floor and the bed wasn't made. My home is immaculate. It was just his room that was dirty. To keep him we had to agree to pay a cleaner to come in once a week. I wanted to put my hand through the freaking wall, or one of their front teeth. Telling a southern woman that her house isn't clean enough is a good way to get sent to the woodshed. I was ready to draw pistols at thirty paces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriela Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Sounds like the homeschool police in Israel. Only they go straight for the children: "Aww... but don't you want to go to school with all the other children so you can make lots of friends?" My adoptive mother actually did kick them out. Fortunately, in Israel, they won't retaliate for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Therese Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Telling a southern woman that her house isn't clean enough is a good way to get sent to the woodshed. I was ready to draw pistols at thirty paces. In the situation you've just described I might have been tempted to draw them at ten. And shoot before the count was finished ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Brother, Catherine! Will say a prayer for you and your foster son... and a prayer backed with a couple of swats of a fly swatter for the other side.... :thump: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 That's awful. :( And under their criteria, I guess I live in filth as well, because I have a sock on the floor by the hamper, that I missed while tossing in. That's utterly ridiculous on their part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCuT Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 All the messy children in the world are now afraid of being taken away from their parents... I wonder if they will not allow me to live with myself since I dont always keep my room pristine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted November 8, 2013 Author Share Posted November 8, 2013 He has PDD and fasd and bunches of other alphabet soup conditions. Telling him to pick up dirty clothes would usually make him threaten to kill us in our sleep. We've had him 14 months which is 7 times longer than he'd been in any other placement. The reason they didn't deal with his dirty clothes at the group home is that he had no clothes. He had no socks, one pair of underwear, no coat or gloves. They took really great care of him. Serenity now, serenity now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Serenity now, serenity now. that sounds like my usual prayer. sorry you're having to deal with this poo. prayers for you in not killing dumbarse people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 yus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosieranna Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 In a slight aside, the mayor of Toronto has been making me feel better about my senator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted November 9, 2013 Author Share Posted November 9, 2013 If you're going to have a complete meltdown, might as well do it in public so you can get roasted by comedians. I used to tell my boys to assume they are being photographed when in public because they probably would be. That was before everyone carried cellphone cameras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandelynmarie Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Heart of the law matters more than this letter of the law carp, so much logic & commonsense has gone out the window with this micromanaging...unbelievable CatherineM. So sorry :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheresaThoma Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Aww Catherine that is hard. Obviously they don't have teenage boys of their own. My college roommate and I always teased that you could tell when we both had exams/papers due at the same time because our apartment would be in total chaos. I wonder what they would have thought of that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKolbe Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 So you're saying the room's clean now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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