My Mother

United States
August 21, 2008 11:32pm CST
My mother is 37 years old. I am 20 my sister is 18. I was able to get out of there ASAP when I turned 18 my sister wasnt so lucky she is having a hard time being able to afford to move out. Here is the story...My father has to pay child support until my sister turns 19. Well my mother set up an account so my sister could have the money. Now my dad sent my sister enough that he was totally paid off..my mom got mad for some odd reason and took my sisters check card away and my sister has no accese to the money (her name isnt on the account. My sister was able to get onto the online banking thing and she found out that my mother and my mothers boyfriend had taken the money and spent it ALL!!! it was ALOT of money people! My mother doesnt see anything wrong with this. Now last night I had called to talk to my sister and my mother was drunk (thats normal for her) and she was mad that my sister was on the computer....the only reason she was on their computer was because my nephew was asleep in their room. So as I am on the phone my mother along with her boyfriend decide to start screaming at her saying she was worthless and a lot of other things I dont think I can post on here! Now, my sister is unable to move out because as I said they blew all her money. All our lives we have not lived with our mom for 75% of the time and she has always collected child support. When I was 16 she told me I needed to start paying half the bills, and I told her no and she kicked me out. My sister is stuck there living in this hell hole and i have no way to help her..(she lives in Nebraska and I live in Topeka ks). The only person my mother cares about is her new boyfriend and he is dragging her down a dangerous road! I just found out a while ago she is doing drugs, drinking ALOT! and I just found out that she recently had an abortion! how can I get my mom to understand that if she doesnt stop she will lose her family! I dont want my two little ones around her! I dont want them to see her like that! How to I convince my mother that she doesnt need to do this stuff and if she keeps it up she wont see her daughters or her grandchildren?
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@sid556 (30959)
• United States
22 Aug 08
Normally, I'd say that the child support goes to the parent raising the child and even if it is late in coming for that parent struggled to pull the weight financially of both parents. In your case, however, it sounds as if your mom is really taking advantage. She had no business collecting child support if you were not there 75% of the time. I raised 4 children and I never expected any of them to be paying me anything until they were 18 and out of school. Even then, it was minimal for I wanted them to save and get a good start when the did go out on their own. I can't imagine kicking a 16 yr old out to fend for themselves no matter what! I think the way to convince your mom is to make real your threats. I would stay the heck away from her and there is no way that I'd bring little ones to visit her. Your sister needs to stash away any money that she can and be looking for a reliable roommate that can help her pay rent and deposit.Is your sister working? Is it possible for her to live with dad?