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[quote=Anonymous][quote]This is OP. That’s a great point, thank you. I wasn’t thinking about the retainer at all.

DH and I have decided to drop it. It would have been sooner than I ideally wanted re: anorexia treatment (which, FYI, can last years). I was just trying to be sensitive to her not having braces senior year. I agree that it is not that important. She had never before expressed that she didn’t want braces, so I was caught completely off guard. [b]Anorexia has disrupted many of her other timelines, unfortunately, and this one is minor in comparison.[/b]

To those of you who are saying I’m part of the problem because I won’t get her Invisalign: you are profoundly ignorant and cruel. I am the primary reason she is not dead right now, and that has come at a great cost to my physical and emotional health. Anorexia is deadly, and I would never give her something that could send her back down to her darkest moments.[/quote]

Yeah, this is really tough.  As a parent of a child with serious mental illness that has completely derailed his teen years, I feel for you.  The things we have to consider when making decisions about our kids are completely different than what other parents think about and the toll it takes on us is unbelievable.  I am glad that you reached peace with your decision and I wish you and your daughter health in the future.  [/quote]

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