The obligation to support your parents in their dotage comes with the understanding that they took care of you as a child.
And LW's mother didn't. She chose not to. Sure, she didn't actually throw LW to the wolves - but at a time in their life when LW needed more love, more support, and (probably) therapy, LW's mother decided to chose her man over her kid and send the child away.
LW is not letting Mom and Stepdad starve in the streets. On the contrary, LW has given them money before and is paying for what probably shakes up as a substantial chunk of their sibling's tuition at private school and saving for their college, which if you ask me is going above and beyond in this situation.
LW needs therapy and, yes, a lawyer. Because if a lawyer can act as a bulwark between LW and Mom's painfully obvious emotional manipulation, then that's money well spent.
I think it would have hurt her less if I slapped her across the face.
Has your mom ever apologized for how she hurt you, LW? And continues to manipulate you? I'd say that it's no great loss if she never calls again, but no worries - we all know she'll be on the phone within the week, because she is the one who quite literally cannot afford to burn that bridge.
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And LW's mother didn't. She chose not to. Sure, she didn't actually throw LW to the wolves - but at a time in their life when LW needed more love, more support, and (probably) therapy, LW's mother decided to chose her man over her kid and send the child away.
LW is not letting Mom and Stepdad starve in the streets. On the contrary, LW has given them money before and is paying for what probably shakes up as a substantial chunk of their sibling's tuition at private school and saving for their college, which if you ask me is going above and beyond in this situation.
LW needs therapy and, yes, a lawyer. Because if a lawyer can act as a bulwark between LW and Mom's painfully obvious emotional manipulation, then that's money well spent.
I think it would have hurt her less if I slapped her across the face.
Has your mom ever apologized for how she hurt you, LW? And continues to manipulate you? I'd say that it's no great loss if she never calls again, but no worries - we all know she'll be on the phone within the week, because she is the one who quite literally cannot afford to burn that bridge.