My Daughter Reacted Strongly When I Refused To Give Her The Money From Selling My Farm. My Older Son Took Her Side And Crossed A Line. Twenty Minutes Later, Both Of Them Regretted What They’d Done.

“The last time we spoke, you told me the business was going very well, that you had secured several new clients.”

Patricia squirmed on the sofa, clearly uneasy about having to admit the truth. “Well… it’s just that Aaron made some investments that didn’t turn out as we expected. And then we had some unexpected expenses.”

“What kind of unexpected expenses, Patricia?”

“We bought a new car.

We remodeled the house. And Aaron invested in some stocks that… well, we lost quite a bit of money.”

I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. My daughter and her husband had squandered their money on luxuries and bad investments, and now they wanted me to bail them out with the money I had earned from selling the property I had struggled with for years.

“So you spent your money irresponsibly and now you want me to pay the consequences of your bad decisions,” I said, feeling the anger starting to boil in my veins. “It’s not like that, Mom. We just need a small loan to stabilize again.

It’s an investment in your family’s future.”

“My family,” I repeated bitterly. “Where was my family when I needed help? Where was my family when my knees hurt so much from cleaning floors that I could barely walk at night?

Where was my family when I had to choose between buying medicine or buying food?”

Patricia abruptly stood up, and I could see her patience was running out. “It’s okay, Mom. We understand you are resentful, but you can’t punish us forever for past mistakes.”

“I’m not punishing you, Patricia.

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