For someone.
grandparenthood It could be a forced measure. And what else is left if the mother abandons her own child in favor of a new boyfriend? Unfortunately, such stories are not fiction at all, but sad reality.
In childhood, everything is perceived differently. The child grows up in the love and care of the second parents, but resentment against the mother may not hold. She believes that she will come back and everything will fall into place. But the mother of our heroine Alena never returned. Or rather, she needed a daughter already in her old age, when the woman had problems. What happened and how Alena acted in the end, read further in the article.
My life with my grandmother was so bad that I never had a father. My mother gave birth to me for herself when she was in her 30s. She thought she would never fall in love again and never get married. But it wasn't! There was a man in my mother’s life and I was just 8 years old.
I didn't know what was going on at the time. But my mom went to her new husband, and I stayed with my grandparents. In fact, they raised me, raised me and put me on my feet. The most interesting thing is that my mother lived nearby, but she came to us quite rarely, she could call once a week.
I am very grateful to my family for not abandoning me. Life with my grandparents was, to be honest, very good. We had enough money, since my grandfather worked until the very middle age, and my grandmother was engaged in sewing and knitting. I always wore very beautiful things made with her golden hands.
My grandmother didn’t want people to talk about me. She said she took me in so I wouldn't have to live with my stepfather. He was not the most pleasant person, he was somehow angry and unfriendly. It was only after many years that I learned the whole truth. It turned out my stepfather just didn't want to live with me.
He gave his mother an ultimatum: either him or me. And she, you know, chose him. Her mother said she was old and that it was her last chance to get married. She thought that after a while the ice would break and her man would accept me. But that didn't happen.
A new problem has been going on for many years. All this time my mother lived with her husband, they had no children in marriage. I stayed with my grandparents and we had a good time together. I’m kind of glad that my life has turned out this way.
Recently, a new problem loomed on the horizon. My grandparents are no longer alive. Their 2-room apartment I inherited: their mother they did not bequeath anything. I have lived in this house since I was 8 years old and live to this day.
But my mother was recently left with a broken trough. Her husband died, but did not rewrite his house in her name. Moreover, the apartment went to his sons from his first marriage, with whom he did not even really communicate. Recently, one of my sons called my mother and told me that the apartment was for sale.
Mom has nowhere to go now. Guess who she remembered? Bingo! She wants to move in with me, saying I'm alone here and there's so much room. I'm actually trying to fix my personal life. I'm dating a man, maybe we'll even move in.
Of course, I don’t want to live with my mother! I don't owe her anything, she left me when I was little. What kind of help are we talking about? My mother’s friends started calling me to take her home. I don’t think I have any conscience left!
I feel pressure and I don’t like it. Am I supposed to feel guilty after all this? Sometimes I think about what my grandmother would do in my place. Maybe we should take the mother.
This is a story about difficult moral choices in the first place. Honestly, I don’t know what I would do if I were a heroine. After all, we probably do not know all the details and nuances of her life.
Anyway, I don't think Alena will be able to refuse her mother and leave her on the street. Apparently, she is a mature woman who simply will not survive without the help of her daughter. I think she has long regretted what she did, and she is sorry. What do you think?
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