[SadMother]

Has anybody here had their (relinquished) child living with them for any legth of time? I really feel like a duck out of water as I don't know anybody personally who has been through this. Friends and family think its great my son is living with us but it's different to having a raised child living with you.

[Rylee45]

Yes my daughter lived with me 3 different times before she and I don't talk anymore.

The first time was when she and I first met. She only stayed with me for a month so we could get to know each other. She was living in another state when we met so it was easier to just have her stay for a time.

2nd time was when she was pregnant with her first child. She and her husband stayed with us for several months and then she went back to where she had been living and I followed her there at her request and witnessed the birth of her baby.

The 3rd time she lived with us, she had her husband and their 2 children. She had plans of moving into this area and living here because she'd lived here when she was a child and she liked the area. It didn't work out because her husband hated it here. Other problems were caused by her amom and she got her to move back to where she was and convinced her to stop talking to me or seeing me.

She told her if she contacted me again she would be taken out of the Will. Her amom is very wealthy. So, we don't get to talk anymore.

It was very stressful to have her living with us but I did the best I could to help her and we did have a decent relationship. I don't think I would ever want her living with us again but I do hope someday she comes back into my life and we can talk.

Rylee