I have an opinion on this mess, and also a question. When Misty married Ron, she was declared a legal adult, correct? I thought that is how it worked. Now that they are divorced, does she revert back to legal child? Seriously, I keep seeing posts regarding her being a child,( I get it in the sense of her age and mentality,) but when talking about her having to be an adult to rent an apt, etc...if she was declared by marriage to be a legal adult, would that not apply to entering into contract as an adult? Not being a smarty pants, just need clarification.
Okay, IMO...Misty is out in the world on her own right now, but she definitely has choices other than the same junky friends, if she choose to make changes. She could probably go anywhere in the country, walk into a shelter or church and ask for help. People know who she is and what she has been going through. I think that if she showed a genuine will to change her life, people would help her, even with this all still hanging over her head. Heck, even foster care if she is considered a minor. She has had the chance to see, if only briefly, that there is more to life. Of course, I am assuming that Donna, being associated with Tim, is not a drug addict. When she was with Donna, the reports were that she was taken care of pretty well. She also has an attorney, who undoubtedly advises her to clean up her life. If she wanted to,IMO, she could enter some kind of program offered via charity, get her GED and a job and build a life for herself. But we don't hear of her making those choices. We hear her hanging with the same quality of people as before. No change is being sought.
Feel sorry that she was born into a family this messed up? Sure. Feel sorry she was raised to think the norm is lying, stealing, drug use, and various forms of abuse? Sure.
But she is the one choosing to not speak freely to LE and tell what she is withholding. She has chosen to not use whatever money she made from her interview to boost herself into a start away from all of this.
Just as we acknowledge a normal girl her age would be devastated from all the pressure of these past 8 months, we must acknowledge that a normal girl would have crumbled and told all she knew and reached for whatever hand was there to save her from a life like this. Those who do not wish to be saved, cannot be saved.
Sorry, rant done. For some reason this touches a nerve for me.