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[quote=Anonymous]I've posted a little about my situation in the last month or so.

I don't want to make this long--the short story is my brother and SIL were not treating my niece well.  I know this not just from my niece, but my brother and SIL.

We offered her a place to stay, and while she was mulling that over they kicked her out. So she's living with us for her last year of high school.

I've always had a good relationship with my brother, but I'm not going to continue the relationship with him past niceties because I do not want my niece to think what they did is okay.  I have had to grieve the brother I thought I had, and that he will not be much in my life anymore.  I'm doing a slow fade because I recognize that in the future, my niece might reconcile and I just want to be neutral if that happens, I don't want her to feel she has to take sides.

What I will say is, OP, if you can help any of these kids...just offer to have one over for the weekend.  Just give them a break from their crazy situation.

Our youngest went away to college this fall, and I had a total of three days where DH and I thought we were empty nesters before this happened. It totally messed up our plans. And I feel bummed about that, but mostly feel good because we rescued this kid and she is going to be fine now; I can see that.[/quote]

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