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Not a good day

My already damaged heart is breaking today. I am so sad and I am at a loss on what to do.

I am so tired. My mother and I both had to have blood drawn today so we went together. I went with her to run some errands. We went to Walmart for a few things. We picked up one of my mother's cats at the Vet's then went to her house. I came home with dad's truck so now I can get out on my own. Very nice of my mother let me have it. I wonder if it comes with a price tag. I will find out eventually.

I did not sleep well last night but I could not take a rest when I got home cuz it is my home health care day. A new person and she did a good job.

Where or how to begin and be brief?

My daughter's girlfriend got kicked out her dorm this last semester and she moved in with her boyfriend's parents. Last week these parents kicked her out say they did not like her. She had nowhere to go.

My daughter and her friend have a summer nanny job. They were going to just split the salary. The friend's boyfriend moved out of his parents home also. He has epilepsy so is disabled and gets disability. Fake Jake supposedly has had and still has a job at a pawn shop. So the four of them moved into an apartment together. They all were in the apartment this last Friday.

My daughter started calling me yesterday afternoon to rant about all the fighting going on between them all. Some of the stuff she was telling was pretty petty. With each call she made to me I received more and more information. I remember telling my daughter in one of the earlier conversations that they all better get it together cuz she was the only one that had somewhere to go (her dorm) even though living with 3 other girls with only one bathroom might be rough. She said to me it was not that bad.

Early evening she calls me in tears saying her friend and her boyfriend has kicked her and Fake Jake out. They do not have anywhere to go and there are no homeless shelters in Rock Springs and they don't even have a car now. I said well she could go to the dorm. No she could not cuz she dropped summer classes. So then I ask how they can get kicked out when they paid for deposit and rent too.

Thursdays are Fake Jake's paydays but for some really wierd reason they did not pay him and he cannot get hold of his boss for the last 4 days. So the girlfriend and her boyfriend paid the whole deposit and whole rent with the understanding that once Fake Jake got his paycheck he would pay them back.

My daughter said they have no where to go and no way to get anywhere. She did not know what to do. She knows she come home to me but Fake Jake cannot stay here. I told her that is correct.

Then she called me later and wanted to know why Fake Jake cannot come to my house. I said because he did not work here. Together they trashed my yard and my house. I told I would not even tell her the trash I found in her room I ended up cleaning and I found plates in the coat closet with God knows months old food rotted on them cuz Fake Jake was too lazy to put his dirty plates in the kitchen. I told no he cannot stay here.

That set her off. She does not understand how it is okay with me to take her in while Fake Jake wanders the street. None of her family give a crap about her if she is f***ing homeless or not. She told it was fine she and Fake Jake would live on the streets cuz there are not homeless shelters in Rock Springs. Then she hung up on me.

I looked for homeless shelters in Rock Springs via my computer and she is correct there are none. The nearest town that does have a shelter is Rawlins and it over 100 miles from where they are. So I just texted her that whether she believed it or not at the moment I do love her and care.

Later she texted me back stating she was coming home and Fake Jake is just gonna be living on the streets in Rock Springs. I decided not to comment on the guilt trip she was trying to lay on me. I just texted back a K.

Fake Jake called me around midnight to tell me that my daughter was in the ER cuz she swallowed a bunch of pills. I called a couple of hours later to see how she was. Fake Jake told me she had to drink charcoal and they were going to keep her overnight for observation. I called her this morning but she did not answer but Fake Jake called me back. He said they are going to keep longer for a 72 hour observation.

There it is. My daughter lied and misled me about her schooling. I am so disappointed and numerous other emotions that I cannot even separate. I am extremely hurt and worried..

The hopsital will not give me any information cuz she is an adult. She is almost 23. I do not know what to do now. I don't know if I should even call her dad and/or my son. I have not told anyone. Thank goodness I do have therapy tomorrow perhaps my T can help me figure things out cuz to me I set and boundry and stuck to it. The price I paid for that boundry is my daughter tries to kill herself.

Blessings to all
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i'm really sorry bella. i honestly don't know what to say. i hope your daughter will be ok.

(((((hugs)))))
I'm so sorry Bella, it sounds so stressful. I do think you made the right decision not letting Jake move in with you, it didn't sound like that would be a good situation. I'm sorry your daughter made such a scary and painful decision, and I hope that she will be okay.

Since there are no homeless shelters in the area, I wonder if the police could recommend anything to Jake in terms of helping him find a place to stay. In the meantime, you just need to take care of yourself and your daughter. Sending you positive energy and hugs :hug:
((((bellachai))))

I am very sorry. I hope your daughter will be ok.

I agree with Irishleo, you need to focus on taking care of your self and your daughter. My thoughts are with you, and I am here for you.

Sending you lots of hugs, and blessings. :hug: :hug: :hug:
I am sorry Bella. I do think you made the right choice. You are responsible for yourself and your daughter, not him. Thinking of you
I am glad you stood your ground. You had to, to protect your own mental health. I am sorry your daughter ended up doing what she did. Please know this is not your doing and not your fault. I am glad you see your therapist tomorrow to talk about all of this.
I'm sorry to hear about all of this, Bella. My thoughts are with you. I'm glad you have therapy to sort of all this out, and truly hope you will be able to under-stand that setting boundaries isn't what caused your daughter to attempt suicide. She is ultimately the one who made the decision to do that, but it wasn't be-cause of the boundaries you set. You don't have responsibility to take care of Jake. If he was a considerate house-guest, the situation might be a little different, but he proved him-self selfish and inconsiderate and it's not your responsibility to deal with that on top of a daughter who is clearly struggling, as well.

Take care of your-self. I hope all will turn out for the best soon.
has the hospital confirmed to you that your daughter is being treated there? or have you only heard information from fake jake? he hasn't proven to be a reliable or honest source of information, has he. just hope he's not manipulating you.

you're not responsible for what your daughter did. she knows you love her and are there for her.

(((more hugs and love))) take care of yourself...i hope t helps.
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Bella, you still did the right thing to set a limit and stick to it.... IF the information Fake Jake is giving you is accurate, your daughter made a very bad choice but that choice was not a rational person's reaction to that limit. She clearly has a lot going on right now, both within herself and in terms of what she will need to deal with in her life on a practical level. I am glad you have your t's support as you deal with all this. I'll be thinking of you as you sort through all this.
Thank you all so very much for your kind words, encouragement and pointing out valid things. Thank you for being here for me. I can't sleep. The hospital won't even tell me if she is a patient or if she has been there at all. I tried to call her no answer and it did not even go to voice mail. Odd. So I just texted her that I love her and to call me when she can.

If what Fake Jake has told me and they are going to keep her for 72 hours observation I am hoping a therapist will give her options and help. I cannot do anything. I have no money and I cannot go get her. She is in another state.

It saddens me that she has been and is choosing to take life the hard way and it did not have to be that way for her. Right now I am thinking she is the dumbest smart person I know. She is in this mess for one reason and one reason only: she believes lies.

You all are so wonderful. Blessings as always.
do you think your mother would be of any help in this situation? sounds crazy i know, but for whatever reason she has been more supportive lately right....and it's her granddaughter....i wonder if she would lend you money to go there?

(((sending care, strength and calm)))
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: My mother's comment last night when I told her was: she forbids me to allow Fake Jake to move in again. She also said "Oh I know you have to take Niki in if she so chooses but it is so much for me to take on cuz we have to take care of each other and taking care of Niki too just hinders that." So I would say no to any money or help from her.

I am not blind to her supportiveness and recognize it is more of self serving. Fake Jake has no only burned all of the bridges he had but all of Niki's as well. She does not see that cuz she is just in too much internal pain.

(((pink)))
i understand. i know self serving niceness all too well. and yeah her answer says it all really. selfish woman. it was a stretch.

yeah, he has not been good for her at all. here's hoping her life looks up from here. hang in there bella!
im sorry to hear, i hope your doing okay. here if you need!
((((bellachai))))

I know of the self serving niceness too. I am sorry you can't even turn to your mother for sincere help in this.

I am sorry you can't get some kind of confirmation about where she is. I just hope things get better for her, too.

You have been in my thoughts all day, I hope you are doing ok. I am here for you.

Blessings, love and hugs my dear friend. :hug: :hug: :hug:
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