He was broke, no car, no job and about to lose his home and his daughter. His only hope was to borrow some money and quickly. But he had no credit and no collateral. So he turned to his mother. She came through for him to the tune of several thousand dollars.
He got him some transportation, paid his rent and found himself a job. And he repaid his mother. The only problem was he was asked to repay the loan in small monthly payments but he just had to repay the loan in one lump sum from a tax return. The whole point was to try to teach him to make wise money decision and to budget his money. Of course his mother was glad he repaid her but disappointed that he refused to learn the lesson she needed him to learn.
Well, it didn't take long for him to to find himself in desparate straights again and seeking another loan from his mother. Only this time she didn't have it. She could take in her granddaughter for the summer. It would give her a chance to bond with her granddaughter and take some of the pressure of of him. No, he siaid he would find another way.
As time went on he became more cold and distant from his mother and when she suffered a serious illness he never responded at all. Finally, six months later she reached out to him via a letter. He did call her but to cuss her out for not being there for him, for trying to take his daughter away from him, and to tell her that the God she believed in wasn't real and religion was just voodoo. He said he didn't have any family.
That really hurt her. She didn't deserve that.
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