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whose being UR, money issue

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laughlovelife · 05/05/2012 20:25

my "D"M, who has/wrong diagnosed with bipolar, has recently been diagnosed with social behavioural disorder/tendencies towards bipolar, after nearly 8 years with bipolar diagnosis, die to this my mum has had to change her benefits claim to the new diagnosis, which is now under the decisions panel (never claimed benefits, so I info may not be correct, but is the gist from what I have been told/understand it).

Due to the new claim, my mum hasn't been paid for 5 weeks and has no money, last week I had to pay my aunt £200 as mums landlord had his heavies to boot her out the house, due to missing the months rent, (no HA as has been stopped until new claim put through). Now mum has been told that her claim is awaiting decision and can be another 4 weeks until the decision is through, (so 9 weeks, possibly 12 weeks) if that decision is declined she has to wait another 3 weeks for new JSA claim to go through.

DH has said NO!! to anymore money, mum in the meantime has borrowed £90 and £30 from another sister, and £695, from me, aunt and sister, to pay rent, for her.

Now I want to send mum another £30 as she is currently sitting with no heating or electric, and only has enough food until Monday, so whose being UR.

me and my mum dont have the best relationship, simply due to her bipolar, and thinking of herself and only herself, we probably wont get the money back, but I feel she is my mum, and I should help her, dh is refused point black to help her further, due to her treatment of the family, which is a long story, but true.

OP posts:
kelly2525 · 06/05/2012 00:33

I wouldn't go behind his back, I'd tell him I was helping my mother and if he didn't like it, tough shit.

But I am aware that point of view is that of a (happily) single woman, so I don't have to answer to anyone. I just think that in years to come if I was in the position of the OP's mum and I had swallowed my pride and asked my son for help, and he said no because his husband or wife wasn't happy with it I would be devastated and wonder why child didn't have more compassion, or balls to stand up to the partner.

I think we are just going to have to agree to disagree Agent

Even though I'm right Wink

AgentZigzag · 06/05/2012 11:46

I'd probably do the same tbh kelly Grin

Even though I don't get on with my mum, I still couldn't see her down on her luck and hungry.

But coming to a different conclusion 'judging' someone else's situation is what MN is all about Grin

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