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   Malone Leslie to Dover   
   Re: Frogs that eat mice and Ohio State L   
   24 Nov 20 18:37:41   
   
   From: lanngardner@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, December 18, 2009 at 9:16:26 AM UTC-5, Dover wrote:   
   > "Kim"  wrote in   
   > news:hgf1un$q1q$1...@news.eternal-september.org:   
   > >   
   > > Yes, really. Leslie feels that she has worn out her welcome at her   
   > > sister's house, and she had no where else to go.   
   > >   
   > > Today was the hearing on her petition and it was postponed yet again.   
   > > Her ex had a process server waiting for her on the courthouse steps to   
   > > serve her with divorce papers, and he is seeking a divorce on the   
   > > grounds that not only was she was physically and emotionally abusive   
   > > to him, but that she is guilty of a "gross neglect of duty" in the   
   > > marriage.   
   > >   
   > > She also isn't allowed to take their daughter out of the county, so   
   > > coming back here is out of the question.   
   > >   
   > > Which, she feels, leaves her with no choice but to go back to his   
   > > house.   
   > >   
   > > My only concern is that there is no phone service there, since he had   
   > > it turned off. So if he goes off the deep end again, she is kind of   
   > > fucked if her older daughter can't get out of the house to get to a   
   > > neighbor's phone.   
   > >   
   > > Well, no, I lie, that isn't my *only* concern. Frankly I have hundreds   
   > > of concerns, but as much as I love Leslie, I really don't have the   
   > > spare emotional energy to devote to the situation. It's all way too   
   > > frustrating for me.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > It does give a person compassion fatigue. Leslie, I wish you had gone   
   > to the safe house. I also hope that you don't have another baby, but I   
   > see that coming along pretty soon. I hope that everything will work out   
   > for you.   
   > --   
   > Dover   
   Who is Dover? I didn't have another baby. WTF?   
      
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