.......my 'friend' from school has abducted her children and disappeared......I'M IN SHOCK!!!

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I take her son to school on Fridays but she hadnt texted me this week so I text her yesteday to see if I was still taking him.

She replied last night to say that it was unlikely he would be returning to school!

I asked if everything was OK as I hadnt seen her all week and she said she was having lots of domestic problems and would be in touch.

I get to school and her neighbour whose kids also go to the school told me she had loaded up the car, with the children and disappeared!

I have spent half the morning in school with the deputy head. Police and SS are now involved.

I cannot believe it. Poor children.

I wonder where they are.

Blimey.

Was she escaping domestic violence?

escaping from an abusive marriage?

God grief! Well, if she is 'escaping' good on her I suppose. I hope she's OK and she texts you soon.

My friend did this - left her h a note !

I guess she just had to get away - not necessarily violence or abuse though - my friend just wanted out and couldn't face telling her h face to face so she fled to her mum's with the kids and left a note ! Took everything she wanted/needed for the kids and never went back into that house.

Well I'm not sure it is good on her neccesarily. Unless there was some abuse going on.

Happened to someone I work with. His wife waited until he was on a course, cleaned out the house, took the DCs and buggered off. Not abused, simply bored and in love with someone else. Poor bloke was in pieces

Hope all is well with your friend though.

No, fair point, but if it is an abuse thing, it may have been her only way of getting away. She may not be in her right mind and have gone about it the right way, but needs must, if its bad.

We wait with interest to support or slate her for why she's done it!

Agreed maureen. We'll suspend judgment for the moment....

Well at first I was all ready to try and get the children back to her DH and was disgusted by what she had done.

It now transpires that she had been having an affair for 6 months and her DH found out in Oct and there was a scene where the police were called. App he trashed the house.

She and DH split up and the house was sold.

She text me today and said she had to flee for her safety and that she was with friends.

He is saying that her mental health is at risk and now SS and the police are involved.

Soooo difficult to judge when you are not there in the marriage 24/7 so I dont know what to think.

Good on her if she was in danger. Terrible thing to do if you just want to spite your DH.

I just feel for the children.

Oh dear

Always a difficult descision to make with children involved. Funny how we always think the soap operas are always so far fetched, but they're not really, are they?

Glad you've heard from her though.

I know. At least she is OK. Just difficult to know what to believe.