My mom left the house for hours every night when I was young, 20 years later it's ruined my life

[GamngPhase]

Dang poor things. They didn’t deserve that. I know the chances are extremely low to the point of zero, but I pray she survives

[NguyenTrung-ffvg]

Don't shame or judge the mom as she did the best she could
And shame on the people that said she should have sold her body
Nobody deserves this
The system and the dad failed them

[CaymHayes]

I feel this. My mother started smoking at 11 because no one was paying any attention to her. She was a “save the marriage” baby that neither parent wanted or loved. She could have died and they wouldn’t have noticed. She passed away at 55 from Covid related complications, BUT to be honest, she died a long time before then. 24 times to be exact. Her lungs were covered in holes as most likely cancerous towards the end. She told me before her permanent death, “the next time I die, I’m not coming back baby” and all I could do was hold her and tell her that it’s gonna be okay that we will be okay with saying goodbye. She waited until I left Arkansas before deteriorating. I never forgave myself but she wanted me to live for once and not have to take of everyone as I use to do as a child. Imagine, your own child having to handle everyone emotions physical abuse and starvation just to keep the peace. She set me free.

[Bri.]

I would much rather find out my mother was secretly smoking than secretly selling herself out.

[IzzyakaSpookyGurlQueenal-lhdh]

I feel bad for his mama... she was a good person and tried to help her son..but I hope they can save her somehow from lung cancer

[sernikxoxo]

that is a wonderful mother, even if she lied.

[TheirStories-msjm]

Anyway, she was a wonderful mother to her children.

[GildedApple]

As someone who's mother is in the exact same situation. I wish I could be there to give OP a hug. It's not easy watching your mother go through such a terrible thing. I only wish to see my mother back to her normal self but I know that's never going to happen..

I know this will sound corny but don't be afraid to tell your family you love them.. You never know when it'll be the last.

[courtneyhernandez]

Poverty is violence. It's crazy to me that there are people who think this is deserved and a person can just pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Poverty breaks your brain before it breaks your body.

[Qanwa]

She pulled herself together enough to raise him right even though she was breaking apart, physically and mentally.
What a mom!

[FunnyVids-xi]

Bro that not having enough xp was so wholesome

[HannahBuckley-fexf]

And we all know that when she leaves her estate and Assets to OP'S daddy is gonna come back to ""Mend things""

[maxblanco]

"Don't worry, we don't have enough XP to unlock that yet." is diabolical. 😭🙏 (Edit: Damn, y'all air frying me in the reply section over a f**king word. I know the context. If I still think it's diabolical, I still think it's diabolical. Let people have their thoughts and opinions.)

[gosshh]

Dang she got hit with the breaking bad

[tamalanicole]

My goodness, son! P R A Y... MOST HIGH IS THE ANSWER. Blessings to you both 🙏🏾

[DragonWolfZenno]

This kind of story just hits too close to home for me. My own mother passed in 2018 due to complications of Diabetes and heart disease. But my whole life she smoked.

It all started one day when my mother caught her older sister, my aunt Suzan, sneaking out to meet up with her boyfriend and to try to keep it hidden from their mother she bribed my mom by teaching my mom how to smoke. She was only 7 years old, and she had remained smoking until she inevitably died.

There was a lot of tragic unfortunate circumstances around my mother that pushed her to remain smoking, and no matter how hard she tried she never was able to quit. Lived almost her entire life in foster care from 1965 until 1983 when she aged out lived all across the US during her time in fostercare. Mostly on many kinds of ranches from California to the midwest to Texas.

In those times, if you wanted a break from work, the only chance you'd get a 5 minute break was to smoke. So my mothers smoking habit was only encouraged. It's no wonder she got so addicted. But it's likely a heavy contributor as to why her overall health plummeted. My family is already predisposed to some nasty illnesses. My mother was immunocompromised later in life after having me because of stage 4 cervical and uterine cancer. Before me and my older sister, my mother had a history of high risk pregnancies. Me and my sister where the only children who made it to term, the other 4 pregnancies, 3 of which were twins, all miscarried. My sister and I were her rainbow babies. After us, my mother had no more children due to needing a complete hysterectomy.

And still she smoked.

I developed adult asthma due to living with her for 17 years of my life and breathing in her second hand smoke. I would reek of cigarettes and be picked on by my peers in school. I watched this healthy bright if not troubled woman who was able to run and play with me at 3 years old wither and fall apart in front of me slowly my whole life, and still she smoked. Cigarettes got to be so expensive where a whole carton with 20 packs began costing 100$ at the local gas station. It was beginning to be hard to afford this habit, and yet she still found a way and still she smoked.

It wasn't the cigarettes that killed her I'm sure. But they didn't help her either. They contributed in taking my mother away from me at the age of 53. And I mourn her every single day while I struggle to breath some days.

Please stop smoking. Think of the damage you're actively doing to yourself and those you love. Please get help, and if your considering smoking, don't. Don't touch that tobacco or nicotine, the temporary dull it gives you isn't worth the long term effects.

[UpcomingLyfe]

dang... i know the story is bad and all, but if you eat the 3rd dish, your gonna die cuz there toothpicks in there

[kfjellyjaymehopkins]

''We just dont have enough xp to unlock that yet'' choldren are pure when their after the demon toddler faze

[merdian]

Heart breaking, the world can be too much for some. And her only coping method ended up killing her. That is one of the saddest things I’ve seen in a while

[martinaru]

Yes, you can. You can be with her, by her side. That will make her happy, as your childhood was; not really easy, but happy.