{"id":23884,"date":"2024-12-30T21:08:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T20:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=23884"},"modified":"2024-12-30T21:08:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T20:08:29","slug":"i-refuse-to-support-my-retired-mom-financially-im-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=23884","title":{"rendered":"I Refuse to Support My Retired Mom Financially, I\u2019m Done"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jessie, a 32-year-old woman, is struggling with the expectations placed on her by her family. As the elder daughter, she\u2019s always felt the weight of responsibility, especially since her father\u2019s passing five years ago. She has supported her retired mother financially, even from a young age, but recently, Jessie reached her breaking point. One night, her mother woke her up for help with booking a discounted flight to Paris, and Jessie realized her own dreams and struggles were disregarded. Her brother has never been asked to help, leaving Jessie to shoulder all the burden.<\/p>\n<p>After years of financial support and emotional labor, Jessie feels unappreciated, believing that her efforts will never be enough. She turned her mother away that day, and now, her mother hasn\u2019t spoken to her since. Jessie is torn\u2014she feels guilty, but she\u2019s also exhausted and wants to live her own life. She\u2019s questioning whether she\u2019s wrong for prioritizing her happiness and starting her own family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jessie, a 32-year-old woman, is struggling with the expectations placed on her by her family. As the elder daughter, she\u2019s always felt the weight of responsibility, especially since her father\u2019s passing five years ago. She has supported her retired mother financially, even from a young age, but recently, Jessie reached her breaking point. One night, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23885,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23884\/revisions\/23885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}