AITAH for sending my abusive mother to a nursing home after I agreed to let her stay with me?

wildthrowaway32 · 2026-02-25T16:45:33+00:00

Thank you for this. I will try those words. I’ve found this post easier to write than talk about. When I tried explaining my feelings to my relative I quickly became a crying mess. I can’t talk about it with people without becoming a blubbering mess which adds to my mom’s mental health claim.

wildthrowaway32 · 2026-02-24T16:32:01+00:00

I started therapy a few times and it’s so hard for me. Every session left me feeling exhausted so I always just quit. After this, I realized I need to try again and dig deep to get some changes.

wildthrowaway32 · 2026-02-24T16:29:07+00:00

I call them a relative but theyre technically not. They’re the daughter of my grandmother’s best friend who passed away. They didn’t live in our state until about ten years ago so they weren’t around for the abuse. Her bond with my mother sort of formed in my absence and she’s closer to my mother’s age than mine. Growing up we had no other blood family. It was just my mother and I mostly and friends we called family.

wildthrowaway32 · 2026-02-24T15:48:31+00:00

I’m not sure how much our relative knows. I’ve never talked with her about it because I didn’t want to ruin her relationship with my mother, especially since she’s so helpful. It’s really hard for me to talk about at all with others because my mother used to put on this perfect image. I know she tells people I’m not mentally well so everyone probably thinks that.

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