Kids make mistakes. This one was rather dramatic, but not the worst I've ever heard.

Bottom line, though, is you don't throw your kid out. You just don't. When your husband married you, he signed up for having Kyle around until he finished high school, and throwing him out now, regardless of what happened, is just plain wrong.

You're doing the right thing, and it sounds like you're unshakable in it. I wish your family could be supportive to you without being hateful toward your husband, but there may be time to fix that later.

I'm not a big fan of mothers in law anyway (mine was an absolute twat), so maybe I'm a little biased when I think your husband should stand by you rather than her. Then again, maybe he's a mama's boy. I don't know.

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