liz - are you HAPPY? because to be honest, you haven't sounded happy, or at peace, or comfortable for quite some time now. go back and just look at the titles to your threads.
maybe.......liz really needs to be on her own? maybe liz doesn't WANT to do a blended family. maybe liz doesn't even really want to pass all these exams for that license. maybe as nice as the BF is, it isn't "enough". maybe liz doesn't WANT to try to find a way to fit IN, because it means TOO MUCH compromise. too much bending and twisting and doing. maybe with a now 18 yr old son, liz is ready to be done with hands on child rearing.