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AIBU - refugees and my disabled mum

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Sugarplumfairy22 · 12/03/2022 09:21

Just would like some opinions

My mum is 78- disabled. She can walk slowly but short distances. Uses a stair lift. Has a disability shower. Sometimes falls and if she does cannot get herself back up.
Me and my brother do a lot for her. Shopping, prescriptions, we both have her over for dinners weekly and take her out every week so she doesn’t get lonely.
She suffers from depression as well. She has someone in every week to do her cleaning and a gardener to do her garden.

She rang me last night and said she wants to take in some refugees from Ukraine. She has 2 spare rooms. I just don’t think it’s a good idea. She can’t look after herself and now wants to help look after refugees.

She got really upset I said I was heartless and hung up on me.

Am I in the wrong?

OP posts:
godmum56 · 12/03/2022 11:46

Can I suggest that you don't put her off as such but suggest that she needs to wait for the official scheme to be up and running? At this stage, my concern would be that she would fall prey to scammers (I can think of half a dozen scams off the top of my head) rather than the actual problems of hosting one or more refugees. You will be more likely i think to be able to safeguard her (if she needs it) by staying positive or at least neutral about her idea.....maybe apologise for your negative response and say it was because you were taken by surprise?

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