Reply #182: it's not much of a leap

[marcia_nevada]

I'm sorry, the "my rich mother is a horrible person" post...what if it's not true? What if this was your child, trying to just get 'recs' on a message board? How would you feel if you were the parent of a child out there posting untruths about you? There's conveniently, an excuse for everything.

"someone else donated money in my name" He doesn't ask for help because she should offer it first. When they had a conversation about how difficult his Christmas would be, she changed the subject to ask about his wife's family flying in. I guess her family doesn't know of their dire situation either? But, he gets recs, and all over the internet there are posts like this, people simply making up stories disparaging their own families just to get 'recs' or other attention in the forum in which they are posting.