I guess I shoulda been born a Mensa!
I filed for Guardianship of my little brother M- today. The investigator in the case told me that M- first of all asked to live with me and then said if he could not live with me, then he would want to live in foster care. It appears that my Uncle and his Mensa-member wife have anger issues and have been threatening the child with a crowbar. Also, he told the Social Work Investigator that my Uncle told my brother that he would beat him with a telephone book because it doesn't leave bruises. This sounds like someone with a serious violent streak and it is really frightening. The Investigator almost pulled M-out and took him to CPS that day. She said he seemed terrified.
So I filed. Who wouldn't? We love him. We want him to be happy.
I was told to just tell the family it was what I wanted and not discuss the details I had been told. The Court fears M- will be the brunt of a violent outburst if they think we know...um....yeah...I got that.
Still, they said I should verbally tell Grandma and
just tell her it was what I think is best for Mark. She was livid.
Of course.
Too bad for her. She said in addition to Uncle and Mensa wife, she and my dearly departed Mother had many conversations about how I was not financially, and get this, intellectually equipped to take on my bro.
Yeah, can we say..."snobbery insult 101"?
Thats my family. Since when did we have to have the highest of IQ's to raise happy, healthy, well- adjusted children????? Good thing are babies aren't ripped out of our arms because we aren't smart! Wasn't there a book about that by George Orwell?The dumb breeding.... Not that I am smart enough to read or understand books.....
My hubby and I also make pretty good money, we are planning on getting a house soon and we can afford a third mouth...no biggie there....
Thanks, Grams...guess we know who you will be supporting. Which I told her. She said she was miserably "caught in the middle".
Oh, and now she IS coming to the hearing....she wants to give the judge a piece of her mind ....yeah. That will be fun.
So I filed. Who wouldn't? We love him. We want him to be happy.
I was told to just tell the family it was what I wanted and not discuss the details I had been told. The Court fears M- will be the brunt of a violent outburst if they think we know...um....yeah...I got that.
Still, they said I should verbally tell Grandma and
just tell her it was what I think is best for Mark. She was livid.
Of course.
Too bad for her. She said in addition to Uncle and Mensa wife, she and my dearly departed Mother had many conversations about how I was not financially, and get this, intellectually equipped to take on my bro.
Yeah, can we say..."snobbery insult 101"?
Thats my family. Since when did we have to have the highest of IQ's to raise happy, healthy, well- adjusted children????? Good thing are babies aren't ripped out of our arms because we aren't smart! Wasn't there a book about that by George Orwell?The dumb breeding.... Not that I am smart enough to read or understand books.....
My hubby and I also make pretty good money, we are planning on getting a house soon and we can afford a third mouth...no biggie there....
Thanks, Grams...guess we know who you will be supporting. Which I told her. She said she was miserably "caught in the middle".
Oh, and now she IS coming to the hearing....she wants to give the judge a piece of her mind ....yeah. That will be fun.