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To not lend my mum money

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LastMemory · 10/09/2026 10:21

My mum and dad split up 5 years ago as my mum had an affair. My dad was completely devastated. My mum apparently regretted it and they tried to save their relationship but after trying for about a year, my dad said he couldn’t get over it and they split up.

My relationship with my mum never really recovered. I hate cheating and my mum says my dad was a great husband, she just got flattered by the other man. She told me it was her biggest regret and cried a lot but I just couldn’t see her in the same light again. Sometimes I think I hate her.

I have recently found out that she has been seeing the man that she had an affair with again, for at least 18 months. She doesn’t know that I know.

My mum is struggling financially and has asked us to lend her money. Apparently she is facing losing her house. I have refused to give her the money because I feel so resentful of what she has done to our family and that she is now seeing this man again and I am ready to cut her out of my life completely.

AIBU?

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FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 10/09/2026 10:27

Tell her to ask her boyfriend instead.

DearlyDiego · 10/09/2026 10:26

FAFO.

Not your circus, as they say.

Mosaic123 · 10/09/2026 10:24

That's a very difficult decision for you.

Maybe ask her round and talk to her about everything?