To the father of my dear friend;

The BBQ Pit
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Well, I can hardly believe this.

Mister, I thought things had been solved. Your daughter was living with a horrible woman for a mother. She starved her and abused her. She battered her emotionally, not just physically. Made her skittish about contact with other people.

So when she finally managed to escape that horrible woman and come live with you, I thought she was on the way to getting better. I thought she was with people who loved and cared about her. How horrible that I was wrong.

She wants to go to the Cape public school, and to live with you. That’s great, she has a father and she wants to live with him. This is important to her. I’m sickened that you do not extend the same love and care upon her. Your new wife hates her, why I cannot possibly imagine; she’s a wonderful girl. And so she refuses to live with her - she’ll leave you if your daughter stays with you.

So what do you do? You choose your wife over your own daughter. You are going to put your very own, almost 15-year-old girl up for adoption, because you can’t bear to have your wife leave you.

Sir, you make me want to vomit. Words simply cannot express my revilement. You are her FATHER, and you are ditching her for the sake of a horrible, selfish bitch who you will no doubt eventually divorce. All of the people in your daughter’s life who should love and care about her most have treated her like trash, and now you’re just dropping her like a big shit-pile into the toilet of life. Beezlebub, do me a favor when this bastard gets to hell, and stoke the fires extra hot. And make sure that he stays in them for a long, long time.

Fucker.

~Grelby

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I’ve missed something here. Why on earth is this young woman being put up for adoption?

Even if she cannot live with either parent, why are they not trying to organise alternate care for her?

The only reason I can possibly think of which explains the adoption thing is the parents wanting to relieve themselves of legal and financial responsibility.

Could yourself or your friend phone whoever handles child welfare in your state. There are plenty of loving foster parents out there willing to take in teenagers who need a hand.

3

Oh god…just GOD!!

As if that poor girl hasn’t been through enough…

:frowning:

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reprise, that’s why this is so shocking. I’m not entirely sure what’s going on here, but it’s definitely Not Good. In any case, it doesn’t make sense. The sad part is, I don’t think my friend is lying about this. Everything I’ve heard so far about this man indicates that he does not want responsibilty for his child.

Also… I suppose I’ll have to get her to call, because she lives in a different state. Too far away… which is really unfortunate. Especially in this situation.

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But, surely you could still find out about how things are handled in her state, yes?

6

Yes, I could, but…

THANK GOODNESS! The mother of one of her friends will allow her to live with them. I’m sure that falls under “alternate care,” no? That’s a relief indeed, I hope it lasts as long as necessary. Nothing else needs to fall apart. Doesn’t change the fact that her dad is a right bastard, though.