I thought I would be thrilled that BM will be out of the pic for the most part, but I find myself irritated that she would abandon her kids and leave them with us to pursue her own interests.

BM is 42 and just graduated with her AA and now will be transferring to a university 500 miles away. Currently BM and DH share physical custody 50/50. SK's are 17 and 13. She is planning on leaving them with us full time. She claims that she will drive down on the weekends but I dont believe it. She wont even drive 12 miles to our house, I doubt she will be commuting on the weekends. Child support will cease because the kids will not be with her. That part I'm happy about

I find it odd and irresponsible for a parent to abandon their children to go to school. There are tons of universities in our city and supposedly she was accepted to a couple of them in town, but she is choosing to go to one 500 miles away. According to her, that school is offering more. Really? what about your kids lady? I just find her to be extremely selfish and im irritated that her children will be left to DH and I to look after full time while she goes off to college. B*tch you are not 18! DH is thrilled, he wants her to get lost. I feel bad for the kids because she is putting school before them and their needs.

We've been trying to get the kids full time for years now and she has fought us every step of the way. She claims her kids are all she's got and she will do anything for them and fight to death for them. Mind you, she is unemployed and has never had a job more than 6 months at a time. In the last 8 years she's had 1 real job (for a few months) and claims she does freelance work. She lives rent free with her sister, drives her oldest daughters car (SD is 19 and off to college in another state) and has no responsibilities. She has never supported her kids financially and we have had to buy the kids all of their needs while she claims she has no money for their needs even tho she has received $1K per mo for the last 8 yrs. Now she's off playing the student role. She has fought tooth and nail with us over custody and has even tried to get them full time even tho she cannot support them. Her argument was that she is concerned the kids needs will not be met if they live with us full time. REALLY? WTF? we've been the ones supporting their needs the entire time!!!!!!

I'm just annoyed. Now she's ok w/leaving her kids with us when its convenient for her. typical narcissistic BM crap. I just can't respect her with her idiotic decisions. I didnt have the luxury of not working when I was in college. I'm hating that she seems to have that luxury and its at our expense! She swears she's a good role model and mom of the year. im disgusted. I worked all thru my undergrad (sometimes 2 jobs) and I worked full time while in grad school while taking care of her kids too. UGHHHH. she irritates me!