Expiration date for parents?

[Judy Trickett]

I don't think it's you and I don't think its the dcmom. Honestly, I have been here, done that too with a dcfamily. I had a family in care for six years, and, yes, at the end I was ready for them to go. I think that rather than the mom trying to be annoying she is just too comfortable. It is hard not to become "comfortable" around those you have had any relationship with for that long. You can only keep up a "happy" or "nice" front for so long before you feel it starts to affect you.

I guess the positive note in all of this is that this dcmom must appreciate you or trust you in some fashion or she wouldn't be leaving her kids with you for over a decade. I didn't actually realize this side of things in my situation with my dcfamily of 6 years until closer to the end. And there has to be something said for loyalty by a dcfamily.