She Won’t Pay For Her Mom’s Surgery Even Though She Can Afford It

A Reddit user shared their story of their estranged mother trying to reconnect so that she could have her surgery paid for.

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The original poster (OP) said that she lost her father when she was young and a few months after his death, her mom married a new guy.

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The new guy already had two teenage boys and didn’t want to raise OP because he never wanted daughters.

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OP’s mother abandoned her with her and took her brother to live with her new husband. OP’s stepfather was wealthy and would spoil her mother and brother, but never OP.

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Her mother didn’t do anything for her either, she came to visit once a month and didn’t call on Christmas or New Year’s.

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In the time since, OP got a better job with a better salary and was able to help her aunt and uncle renovate their house.

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OP said that recently, her mom reached out via Instagram, where she could see the type of lifestyle OP was living. She asked if she and OP could meet and talk and reevaluate their relationship.

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OP said that recently, her mom reached out via Instagram, where she could see the type of lifestyle OP was living. OP said she had a soft heart so she agreed and let up with her mom.

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She asked if OP would pay for the surgery she needed, which was quite expensive. OP refused and said she wouldn’t feel good about it.

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She Won’t Pay For Her Mom’s Surgery Even Though She Can Afford It

A Reddit user shared their story of their estranged mother trying to reconnect so that she could have her surgery paid for.

The original poster (OP) said that she lost her father when she was young and a few months after his death, her mom married a new guy.

Broken Family Ties

The new guy already had two teenage boys and didn’t want to raise OP because he never wanted daughters.

Broken Family Ties

OP’s mother abandoned her with her and took her brother to live with her new husband. OP’s stepfather was wealthy and would spoil her mother and brother, but never OP.

Broken Family Ties

Her mother didn’t do anything for her either, she came to visit once a month and didn’t call on Christmas or New Year’s.

Broken Family Ties

In the time since, OP got a better job with a better salary and was able to help her aunt and uncle renovate their house.

Broken Family Ties

OP said that recently, her mom reached out via Instagram, where she could see the type of lifestyle OP was living. She asked if she and OP could meet and talk and reevaluate their relationship.

Broken Family Ties

OP said that recently, her mom reached out via Instagram, where she could see the type of lifestyle OP was living. OP said she had a soft heart so she agreed and let up with her mom.

Broken Family Ties

She asked if OP would pay for the surgery she needed, which was quite expensive. OP refused and said she wouldn’t feel good about it.

Broken Family Ties

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