# Inheriting Dad's House, Losing Mom's Love： How I Uncovered Her True Motive And...

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Inheriting Dad's House, Losing Mom's Love： How I Uncovered Her True Motive And...

## Transcript

[0:00] Inheriting Dad's house. Losing Mom's love.
[0:02] How I uncovered her true motive and built a life beyond the
[0:05] betrayal. When Dad passed away and left me
[0:08] his house, Mom left me. I overheard her telling her
[0:11] husband that she was only doing it to get money from her
[0:13] parents, but she later made an effort to set things right.
[0:16] Just a few months before my 18th birthday, at the age of 17, my
[0:20] life took an unexpected and excruciating turn.
[0:23] My father died. He experienced a heart attack.
[0:26] He was there with us, vibrant one minute and then he was gone.
[0:30] The speed at which everything changed is still difficult for
[0:33] me to comprehend. No warnings were given, no time
[0:36] to prepare ourselves emotionally or say our goodbyes.
[0:39] The most important person in my life, my dad, was abruptly taken
[0:43] from me. We had a very strong connection.
[0:45] I looked at him for guidance, solace and amusement.
[0:49] It was like losing a piece of my soul when I lost him.
[0:52] My dad's lawyer brought the family together to make his will
[0:54] public after his funeral, while we were still in the cloud of
[0:57] mourning. Although my dad wasn't
[0:59] particularly affluent, he had worked hard throughout his life
[1:02] and had made wise investments. The lawyer revealed, much to
[1:05] everyone's surprise, that he had essentially left everything to
[1:08] me. He owned the family home, but it
[1:10] was now in my name. I had the deeds to the house
[1:13] signed by him. I didn't first completely
[1:16] understand the significance of that, especially when I was
[1:18] still grieving his passing. My mother was enraged while I
[1:21] was still absorbing it. She began screaming as soon as
[1:24] she learned that the house was now legally mine, and she
[1:27] adamantly asked that the lawyer show her the will so she could
[1:29] confirm it. To put things in perspective, my
[1:32] parents marriage was among the worst in history.
[1:35] My parents were always at odds, and it wasn't like one of them
[1:38] was at fault because they were both flawed.
[1:40] They had first married for love, or at least that was how they
[1:43] explained it, but any love they had had soon vanished.
[1:46] As their disagreements widened, their love gave way to
[1:48] frustration and resentment. My parents were both very
[1:51] focused on their careers that really made them farther distant
[1:55] from one another. Despite your assumption that it
[1:57] would bring them closer together, my dad's achievement
[2:00] was too much for my mom to handle.
[2:02] This was because she lost out on years of her work when she
[2:04] decided to have a child. My dad never made her make this
[2:07] decision. To be clear, my mother has
[2:10] expressed to me on multiple occasions her uncertainty about
[2:12] having children. She ultimately made the decision
[2:15] to become pregnant nevertheless, since she didn't want to look
[2:17] back and regret not having children, but she soon
[2:20] discovered how much she detested it after having me.
[2:23] My mother is a prime illustration of why not every
[2:26] adult should be permitted to have children.
[2:28] She would become upset with me for the tiniest things, like not
[2:31] tying my shoes properly or having trouble with my homework,
[2:34] and I can still clearly remember those times.
[2:37] From the beginning, she treated me like a burden, even if I
[2:40] couldn't really comprehend it as a child, I could sense her
[2:43] contempt. I would witness other children
[2:45] with their mothers receiving warmth, support, and hugs.
[2:48] She only gave me coldness and criticism.
[2:50] My mother treated me badly because she was frustrated with
[2:53] her own life. I couldn't help but feel like I
[2:56] was in the way. Due to health problems and
[2:58] pregnancy complications, my mom had to take a few years off from
[3:01] her job after giving birth to me.
[3:03] She blamed me for her inability to work, which she detested.
[3:07] My dad was the one providing for the family at this period.
[3:10] He believed that this would be the ideal chance for my mother
[3:13] to connect with me, but it never did.
[3:15] My mother chose to remain emotionally aloof throughout
[3:17] this time rather than attempting to connect with me.
[3:20] She would frequently tell my dad and I that she wished I had
[3:23] never been born because she wasn't suited to be a mother.
[3:26] As a result, my dad would threaten to divorce her.
[3:28] Throughout a number of arguments with her, my mother would
[3:31] threaten to take me away from him as a form of punishment for
[3:33] him abandoning her, rather than taking her to see a
[3:36] psychiatrist. My mother was obviously unhappy
[3:39] with the way things had gone, both in her marriage and as a
[3:41] mother. My mom frequently left me alone
[3:44] without any concern or attention by zoning out for hours,
[3:47] watching TV at home or going out with her friends.
[3:50] She made no attempt to hire a babysitter.
[3:53] I was left to my own devices most of the time.
[3:55] During her few visits, she made it apparent that she had no
[3:58] interest in taking on the duties of a typical mother.
[4:01] I don't recall her ever preparing a decent meal for me
[4:04] because she detested cooking. Pizza, rolls, Mac and cheese,
[4:08] and other frozen foods that didn't require work made-up the
[4:10] majority of my diet. That was all I knew for a long
[4:13] time, since I was too little to understand any better.
[4:16] I didn't mind at the time, but now I see how neglected I was.
[4:20] It was more than just missing home cooked meals or a good hug.
[4:23] The most painful part was the emotional abandonment.
[4:26] I immediately discovered that I should never complain to my
[4:29] mother about anything. Every time I attempted to
[4:32] communicate my wants or sentiments, it would backfire.
[4:35] She would reprimand me and act as though I was solely to blame,
[4:38] never accepting responsibility or making an effort to make
[4:40] things right. I found it easier to suppress my
[4:43] emotions and keep her from getting upset.
[4:45] I was always trying to avoid upsetting her, always trying to
[4:48] blend in, and always walking on egg shells.
[4:51] I was deeply scarred by the reality I had to live with.
[4:54] Unlike my mother, I felt appreciated and seen by my
[4:57] father. He was undoubtedly the best of
[4:59] the two, but I wouldn't say he was the ideal parent.
[5:02] He had his shortcomings too. He really liked hanging out with
[5:05] me. Unlike my mom, he never gave me
[5:08] the impression that he was acting out of duty.
[5:10] It made all the difference because he truly cared about
[5:12] being in my life. As I began to mature, our home
[5:16] underwent a transformation. In the end, my mother returned
[5:19] to work, although she never fully reclaimed the esteemed
[5:22] position she had held before to her leave.
[5:24] She detested having to rebuild her career after feeling that
[5:27] she had already paid her dues and had to start over.
[5:30] It wasn't any easier to be the target of her hatred, even
[5:33] though I could somewhat understand her frustration.
[5:35] Losing years of professional advancement and feeling stuck in
[5:38] her situation, I ended myself spending a lot of time alone
[5:41] myself. After my mom started working
[5:43] again, I would get home from school, prepare a basic lunch,
[5:47] and complete my assignments. It became a habit, and to be
[5:50] honest, by then I was accustomed to getting by on my own.
[5:53] I had essentially come to realize that I couldn't count on
[5:56] my mother to provide me with much emotional or physical
[5:58] support. My parents still tried, though.
[6:01] My dad and I would go out to supper together on some
[6:04] evenings. My mother never came, as though
[6:07] she were an outsider in her own family.
[6:09] She maintained a distance from them.
[6:11] My dad and I would discuss everything and everything at
[6:13] those dinners. I would tell him everything
[6:15] about my school life, my friends, or whatever was on my
[6:18] mind. And he would tell me about his
[6:20] job occasionally, the fascinating projects he was
[6:23] working on or office drama. Everything seemed regular during
[6:26] those few hours. It was one of the few times I
[6:29] didn't feel like an afterthought or a burden, but rather like a
[6:32] daughter enjoying time with her father.
[6:34] I truly treasure those times because they made me feel safe
[6:37] and connected. My mom started a new job that
[6:39] needed her to travel frequently when I turned 14.
[6:42] I believe she saw the high paying job as an opportunity to
[6:45] finally regain some of the professional success she had
[6:47] lost. She chose to take the job
[6:50] without consulting my dad, which resulted in one of the most
[6:52] heated arguments I've ever seen between them.
[6:55] Although my dad didn't mind her working, she would be gone for
[6:58] days at a time for this job, which meant he would have to
[7:00] care for me by himself. Their voices reverberated
[7:03] throughout the home as I listened to them quarrel late
[7:05] into the night. I was the primary point of
[7:08] disagreement. I detested that I detested being
[7:11] the cause of so many of their arguments.
[7:14] I went to my dad's study later and assured him that I could
[7:16] take care of myself while he was at work and that he didn't have
[7:19] to worry about me. I reasoned that perhaps my
[7:21] parents relationship would improve if I could only
[7:24] demonstrate that I wasn't a burden.
[7:26] I recall the expression on his face when I said that guilt
[7:29] swept over him as though he recognized that I had been made
[7:32] to mature more quickly than I should have.
[7:34] He drew me into an embrace. It was one of those times when
[7:37] we both recognize the true dysfunction of the situation
[7:40] without explicitly stating it. My mom started her new job
[7:43] shortly after and she started to go missing for days at a time.
[7:47] The home was quieter, almost tranquil without her.
[7:50] It wasn't much better when she returned either.
[7:52] When she did spoke to me, it was like she was speaking to a
[7:55] complete stranger. Warmth and a sense of belonging
[7:58] were lacking. She would return home fatigued,
[8:00] give me a fleeting glance, and then either go back out with her
[8:03] friends or go into her room. Despite the fact that we were in
[8:06] the same room, she felt very far away.
[8:09] I had learned not to expect much from her by then, but it still
[8:12] hurt. My parents marriage was
[8:14] essentially non existent by the time I was 16, as though they
[8:18] were just housemates. They were sleeping in separate
[8:20] bedrooms. If you're wondering why they
[8:22] didn't simply file for divorce and move on, trust me, I asked
[8:26] myself that question often. In actuality, I believe that
[8:29] they both chose not to get a divorce because it was simpler
[8:32] to continue living in this unhealthy, distant relationship
[8:35] than to deal with the financial and legal complexities of
[8:37] separation. When it comes to alimony, legal
[8:40] bills, and arguing over child custody, things that neither of
[8:44] them seem to want to deal with, divorces may be extremely
[8:46] expensive. My schooling was the only
[8:49] significant investment that my parents truly shared.
[8:51] Despite the fact that they both made good money, they hardly
[8:54] spent any money on me. Other than that, other than the
[8:57] home expenditures, they didn't have much money to divide.
[9:00] Because my dad owned the house, they didn't have to quarrel over
[9:03] little matters. They lived under the same roof
[9:05] but had largely independent lives, each with their own food
[9:08] and car. For my part, I would receive
[9:11] money from my dad each week, which would be plenty to pay for
[9:14] groceries and school lunches. I didn't really anticipate much
[9:17] more, and while it wasn't much, it was sufficient for me to
[9:20] handle. I had gotten used to being in
[9:22] the background while they were preoccupied with their own
[9:24] problems and grievances. As I approached my 17th
[9:27] birthday, I made the decision to celebrate my birthday in a way
[9:30] that was authentic for once. My birthday had always been
[9:33] somewhat of a non event until that point unless I reminded
[9:36] him. My dad, bless him, had a
[9:38] tendency to forget my birthday. He would try his best to get me
[9:42] a cake once I did and we would either have a low key dinner or
[9:45] celebrate in private at home. However, it was never more than
[9:48] the two of us. I wanted something bigger this
[9:51] time. I wanted to have a true party
[9:53] and invite my friends over. To my surprise, my father
[9:56] concurred. He helped me organize it and
[9:59] thought it was a terrific idea. Naturally, my mother declined to
[10:02] go. She simply stated that she
[10:04] didn't want to be part without even bothering to offer an
[10:07] explanation. I honestly didn't give a damn.
[10:10] I had been emotionally and physically accustomed to her
[10:12] absence by that time, so I wasn't bothered by the idea that
[10:15] she wouldn't be present. I finally received what I wanted
[10:18] for the first time in my life, A birthday celebration filled with
[10:21] joy, laughing, and friends. It was ideal for me, but it
[10:25] wasn't ostentatious, for for a second, I was truly joyful.
[10:29] I had finally come to terms with the fact that my life was what
[10:32] it was, flaws and all. However, that fleeting moment of
[10:36] happiness was quickly eclipsed by tragedy, as if the universe
[10:39] couldn't bear to see me pleased. It seemed unreal.
[10:42] When my dad died, my mother still detested me, and here I
[10:45] was, only 17, inheriting the home we shared.
[10:49] She made it obvious how much she detested me since she couldn't
[10:52] accept that my dad had given me the house.
[10:54] After the will reading was finished, she yelled at me for
[10:57] hours, claiming that I had manipulated my dad throughout
[10:59] the years and that she was the true owner.
[11:02] Then she modified her strategy. She began attempting to persuade
[11:05] me to put her name on the house's deed.
[11:07] Fortunately, my dad's parents, my grandparents, defended me.
[11:12] They ensured that I couldn't be influenced by my mother since
[11:15] she was never a decent wife to my dad when he was living.
[11:17] They made it apparent to her that she didn't deserve his
[11:20] house simply because he was dead.
[11:22] If she attempted to compel me to alter the deed, they even
[11:24] threatened to take her to court. My mother became enraged and
[11:28] threatened to leave me. She claimed that because I was
[11:30] self-centered enough to refuse her the house, she intended to
[11:33] prove to me that I couldn't live without her.
[11:35] She seemed to be trying to convince me that I couldn't
[11:37] support myself, as if losing her would also make me realize how
[11:41] much I depended on her. My paternal grandparents refused
[11:44] to give up. They promised to take care of me
[11:46] in the event that my mother left.
[11:48] In contrast to her, they promised to support me through
[11:51] anything, not only until I was 18, but for the rest of my life.
[11:55] My mom followed through on her threat and left within two or
[11:58] three weeks after my dad's death.
[12:00] My dad had loved and collected comic books for years, but my
[12:03] mom threw out his whole collection before she left the
[12:05] house. It was her last act of
[12:07] retaliation. It is obvious that she did it
[12:10] out of spite, in some perverse manner to harm me, to destroy
[12:13] him, and to hold me accountable for any resentment she may have
[12:16] had inside. When I was nothing, she said I
[12:19] would come crawling back to her in a few years, at a time when I
[12:23] was already feeling totally lost.
[12:24] Her words were poisonous and intended to tear me apart even
[12:27] more. She left me as though I had no
[12:29] significance to her. It was hard for me to comprehend
[12:32] that she could leave so simply so soon after my father's
[12:35] passing. I felt as though I had lost both
[12:37] of my parents in a matter of weeks, and the burden was
[12:40] unbearable. As promised, my paternal
[12:42] grandparents moved in with me. They made every effort to give
[12:46] me support and stability during this period.
[12:48] My grandparents were calm, loving people who understood how
[12:51] much I was in pain. They set aside their own
[12:54] suffering to support me, despite the fact that they were also
[12:57] hurting. I was simply trying to get by
[12:59] day by day. In the meanwhile, my mom's
[13:02] desertion made me feel even more alone, and I was already
[13:05] grieving over the loss of my father.
[13:07] I was unable to completely comprehend what was going on
[13:09] around me, as if I were living in a fog.
[13:12] I made myself get out of bed, get dressed, and go to school
[13:15] every day. I knew I needed to complete my
[13:18] education in order to be someone in my life.
[13:20] Even though I wanted to shut down entirely when I was still
[13:22] in high school, I couldn't get my mother's words out of my
[13:25] head. Without her, I would be nothing.
[13:28] I vowed to myself that I would work hard and make sure I
[13:30] succeeded for the rest of my life.
[13:32] My maternal grandparents also made it a point to see me often
[13:35] during this very trying period in my life.
[13:38] They were incensed that their daughter had left me after my
[13:40] dad's death and were just as astonished and horrified by my
[13:43] mom's behavior as I was. They actually bore a great deal
[13:46] of responsibility for it. I've put a lot of effort into
[13:49] creating a life for myself over the last five years.
[13:52] I persevered through it all, graduating from college last
[13:55] year with honors cum laude and landing a fantastic career in
[13:59] information technology. Being able to work remotely has
[14:02] made the position an incredible opportunity given everything
[14:05] I've been through. This flexibility has allowed me
[14:07] to travel the world while still working, which feels like a
[14:10] dream come true. I never imagined that I would be
[14:13] here, leading a life that seems so full of possibilities, but I
[14:17] managed to get through those difficult times somehow.
[14:19] The house my dad left me has been a blessing in more ways
[14:22] than I can list, and I still reside there.
[14:25] I was able to save a substantial sum of money that I would have
[14:27] otherwise spent on rent. In addition to having stability
[14:30] during my time in college, I was able to graduate from college
[14:33] debt free thanks to the money my father gave me and some
[14:36] assistance from my paternal grandparents.
[14:38] Since starting my career, I've been gradually making the house
[14:41] more uniquely mined by remodeling each room.
[14:44] Every improvement I make to the house makes me feel as like I'm
[14:47] taking back and personalizing the space that has so many
[14:49] memories, both happy and sad. Even though they have now
[14:52] returned to their own house, my paternal grandparents still
[14:55] frequently visit me. We still have a close
[14:58] relationship and I try to see them as much as I can.
[15:01] They were there for me when I needed them most and for that I
[15:04] will always be thankful. In all these years, my mother
[15:07] had never once gotten in touch with me.
[15:09] I did get tidbits of information from cousins on her side of the
[15:12] family and based on what I've heard, she has never felt bad
[15:15] about leaving me. Additionally, rumors told me
[15:18] that she remarried and is currently leading an opulent
[15:21] life with her new spouse. She finally got what she had
[15:24] always desired, I guess, a life without obligations and
[15:27] according to her own rules. My mother unexpectedly contacted
[15:30] me last week for the first time in five years.
[15:33] She began by sending an e-mail. She most likely obtained my
[15:36] e-mail address from someone else or from my LinkedIn profile.
[15:40] She mentioned in the e-mail that she had missed connecting with
[15:42] me over the years and that she wanted to communicate.
[15:45] I felt nothing when I read her name in my e-mail.
[15:48] No sadness, no desire, no rage. I definitely would have been
[15:52] desperate for her attention, clamoring for her approval, and
[15:55] seizing the opportunity to get back in touch.
[15:57] If this had occurred five years prior, I would have done
[16:00] anything to win or love back then.
[16:01] Now, though, it was like reading a stranger's e-mail.
[16:05] I was not moved by anything she said.
[16:07] I decided not to respond since, if nothing else, I was annoyed
[16:11] by her message. Then she started phoning me all
[16:13] the time. She may have gotten my number
[16:15] from one of my cousins, but I'm not sure how.
[16:18] I received multiple voicemails from her.
[16:20] She expressed in each one how much she would want to meet and
[16:23] get back in touch. I disregarded each and everyone.
[16:26] I didn't need her to pull me back to that dark place after
[16:29] years of mending and moving on on my own.
[16:31] Then she texted me for a long time last week.
[16:34] This one was unique. She expressed her sincere guilt
[16:37] for what she had done and her want to simply meet and offer
[16:40] her apology. She said she wanted to make
[16:42] amends with me after giving it some serious thought over the
[16:44] last few years. If I claimed that after reading
[16:47] that message, I wasn't a little intrigued, I would be lying.
[16:51] She had never taken responsibility for her acts
[16:53] before, but now she appeared to be doing so for the first time.
[16:56] I wondered what had led to this abrupt change of heart, but I
[16:59] wasn't prepared to forgive her. Was she truly sorry?
[17:02] Was she serious? Or was this just another
[17:05] self-serving ruse to make herself feel less guilty?
[17:08] I answered when she called again.
[17:10] I wanted to know what she truly wanted because her insistence
[17:13] was beginning to irritate me. After responding, I asked her
[17:16] directly what she wanted from me.
[17:19] I instructed my mother to talk rapidly and made it plain that I
[17:21] would block her and finish the conversation within the next 5
[17:24] minutes if she didn't have anything important to say.
[17:27] She frantically begged me not to interrupt her right away.
[17:30] She said I missed you, and now that I'm older, I hate myself
[17:34] for everything I did. Her voice trembled.
[17:37] She repeatedly apologized, telling me that she had finally
[17:40] come to the realization of the seriousness of her acts, and I
[17:43] could hear the desperation in her voice.
[17:45] She continued by saying that while it was clear that she
[17:47] understood, if I didn't want a relationship with her, her true
[17:50] desire was simply to meet with me.
[17:52] I wanted to explain why I did what I did all those years ago.
[17:55] She stated, as though there were some rationale for leaving me
[17:58] out of the question. I couldn't resist laughing.
[18:01] She had given me enough justifications to last a
[18:04] lifetime. I informed her that I didn't
[18:06] need any closure from her because I had already come to
[18:08] terms with the situation as it was.
[18:11] I didn't care, so I didn't need to know why she did it.
[18:14] However, she insisted that I at least join her for supper.
[18:17] She assured me that she would never disturb me again if I
[18:19] didn't agree with her and that I could block her or go.
[18:22] She was so desperate it was almost disturbing.
[18:24] I wasn't comfortable with it. There was a strange feeling.
[18:28] Why now? Why was she now so keen to make
[18:30] amends after being silent for five years?
[18:33] Now the same woman who had cursed me and said I would be
[18:36] nothing had reappeared, pleading for one opportunity to give an
[18:39] explanation. I couldn't get rid of the
[18:41] thought that this abrupt change of heart was about something
[18:43] else. Everything looked too
[18:45] premeditated, too abrupt, as though she had a secret agenda.
[18:49] I smelled something fishy, but I couldn't identify it.
[18:52] I chose to comply, even though it was against my better
[18:54] judgement. I simply wanted to find out the
[18:57] true purpose of this. I reluctantly consented to join
[19:00] her and her new spouse for supper.
[19:02] The meal was held at my mother's new home, and I could tell right
[19:05] once that she was leading a very different life.
[19:07] The home was extremely opulent, with pricey artwork, sumptuous
[19:11] furniture, and sophisticated accents all over.
[19:14] Bill, her new spouse, appeared sufficiently amiable and kind.
[19:18] We engaged in small talk after his kind introduction, but the
[19:21] entire situation felt uneasy, as if there were enormous unsaid
[19:24] tensions between us. As I walked past the bedrooms
[19:28] during dinner to use the restroom, I couldn't help but
[19:30] notice them. They seemed like they were from
[19:32] a luxury catalog because of how exquisitely designed they were.
[19:36] The pictures that lined the walls attracted my attention
[19:38] even more. Images of my mother and Bill
[19:40] grinning together while visiting far-flung places across the
[19:43] globe. They appeared content and
[19:45] relaxed. I was saddened to see that she
[19:48] never acted that way toward my dad and me.
[19:51] Her smile with us was unlike anything I had ever seen.
[19:54] I was taken aback by the contrast, which evoked emotions
[19:57] I had previously suppressed. I heard Bill and my mother
[20:00] conversing in low tones as I was making my way back from the
[20:03] restroom. Since they hadn't noticed me
[20:05] approaching, I stopped and tried to listen to what they had to
[20:07] say out of curiosity. My mother was telling Bill how
[20:10] much she detested seeing me and how much I reminded her of my
[20:13] father. At that point, I felt sick to my
[20:15] stomach. Despite Bill's attempts to
[20:18] comfort her, she persisted in moaning that she wished she
[20:20] could skip the entire supper. I took out my phone on a whim
[20:23] and began to record. I have no idea why, although it
[20:27] might have been a reflex. As if I needed evidence of her
[20:29] true vileness. Perhaps I hope to see it later
[20:32] so I could completely comprehend what was going on.
[20:35] In any case, I made a record. I overheard my mother tell Bill
[20:38] that she would never have gotten in touch with me if it weren't
[20:41] for her folks insistence that she get back in touch.
[20:44] She continued by saying that she detested her parents for
[20:46] pressuring her to take this action and that as a result of
[20:49] their circumstances, she was merely going through the motions
[20:52] to ensure her inheritance from them.
[20:54] Everything made sense when she said those words and explained
[20:57] that this dinner and the entire act were really a means to an
[20:59] end for her. Now everything made clear.
[21:02] My mother hadn't become morally upright overnight.
[21:05] She hadn't given it much thought, and she most definitely
[21:07] didn't feel bad about leaving me.
[21:09] All along, my intuition had been correct.
[21:12] For a minute I stood motionless, my heart pounding.
[21:15] Her statement that she didn't want to be doing this and that
[21:18] she detested being around me struck A deeper chord than I had
[21:20] anticipated. Even though I had a sneaking
[21:23] suspicion something wasn't right, she remained the same
[21:26] self-centered individual who only thought about herself after
[21:28] all these years and everything. After turning off the recorder I
[21:32] left. She fell silent as soon as she
[21:34] spotted me. I silently thanked Bill for
[21:37] supper and made my way out the door, ignoring my mother's
[21:40] persistent calls, wondering why I was going so suddenly.
[21:43] She later messaged me to say that I had embarrassed her in
[21:45] front of her husband and that I should just be more honest with
[21:48] her because she is my mother after all.
[21:50] I haven't texted her back because I'm so mad at her after
[21:53] hearing my mother talk about it. Is I wrong to have left the
[21:56] table in the middle of dinner? First update, I want to make it
[21:59] clear that I have always accepted my mother for who she
[22:02] is, which is why I didn't go straight to her in her home
[22:04] after hearing what I did. To be honest, I wasn't overly
[22:07] surprised by it. I was correct to suspect that
[22:10] she had a hidden agenda from the beginning.
[22:12] In fact, I'm happy I got to meet her and have that tape.
[22:15] Tomorrow. I'm going to confront my
[22:17] maternal grandparents about it and find out the truth. 2nd
[22:21] Update I told my maternal grandparents everything when we
[22:24] met. They initially expressed a happy
[22:26] surprise at my mother's desire to get back in touch with me.
[22:30] However, their faces immediately changed when I played the tape
[22:33] of her telling Bill that the inheritance was her only
[22:35] motivation. While my grandmother apologized
[22:38] to me, my grandfather appeared enraged.
[22:40] She admitted that they had been talking about their inheritance
[22:43] lately and that two months prior, they had told my mother
[22:46] that they were too disappointed in her for leaving me.
[22:48] Therefore, they didn't want to leave her anything.
[22:50] Rather, their older children would receive the bequest After
[22:54] my mother pleaded with them to change their minds.
[22:56] My grandfather informed her that she may be named in the will if
[22:59] she got back in touch with me. She had chosen to contact me out
[23:02] of desperation. My grandfather apologized
[23:05] awkwardly and said he felt it was a wonderful idea at the
[23:08] time, but I shook my head. After all these years, he told
[23:11] me he thought my mother had finally grown up, but he was
[23:14] obviously wrong. I told him not to put the blame
[23:17] on himself, but that my mother is merely self-centered and that
[23:19] he and my grandma should have known better.
[23:22] Fortunately, I saw her right away and wasn't duped.
[23:25] Rather than giving my mother her portion of the fortune, my
[23:28] grandfather vowed to give it to me instead. 3rd update Not even
[23:32] a day after I spoke with my maternal grandparents, my mother
[23:35] called and yelled at me. I knew this was my opportunity
[23:38] to exact revenge on her and let everything out, so I hadn't
[23:41] intentionally blocked her. She said I should have spoken to
[23:43] her first and screamed at me for letting her see her parents.
[23:46] She threatened to destroy my life and said I had no right to
[23:49] confront Grandpa. Her remarks made me chuckle
[23:52] uncontrollably and I forcefully informed her that I was no
[23:55] longer the child she had mistreated and left behind all
[23:57] those years prior. I inquired as to if her husband
[24:00] was fully aware of the type of woman she was or if I ought to
[24:03] give him a list of all the things she had done to me over
[24:05] the years. At that, she became quiet.
[24:08] I assured her that I would not think twice about publicly
[24:10] exposing her to all of our relatives and cousins if needed,
[24:13] and that I still had the video from the dinner where she
[24:15] admitted her true motivation. She changed her mind and
[24:18] insisted that because she gave birth to me, I should at least
[24:21] respect her as a parent and not threaten her after months of
[24:24] pain. I sneered and told her that she
[24:26] had chosen to endure that and that she couldn't continue to
[24:29] blame me for it after all these years.
[24:31] I said she had to leave my life as soon as possible because I
[24:34] was tired of her machinations. If not, I wouldn't think twice
[24:37] about ruining her life by telling everyone the truth.
[24:40] Since then I have blocked her and I doubt she would ever
[24:43] attempt to get in touch with me again.

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