I betrayed my mother.

KAIA

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I gotta say that i feel like sh** , i'm the worst daughter you can ever imagine and here's why...
It was about a year around mother's day, I had a big argument over the phone with my mom, I didn't talk to her for about 3 or 4 months after that. My mom and I do not live together, she lives in new jersey, i live in delaware.
So in this period that i had no contact with her, i started to call her ex - sister in law (my mom's ex-husband's sister , Isabel) so i started to call Isabel 'cause my brother Aaron lives with her (his aunt) and he doesn't have a cell phone... by the way , i gotta say that Aaron and his aunt Isabel live in Peru.
So on and on I was calling to peru to know how was my brother doing, so one day Isabel, told me that my mother was working in New Jersey as a prostitute (i feel so embarrased for this) when she said that, my eyes were all wet, I was so ugh disgusted and I just started to cry.. I asked her , who said that, she said that she wouldn't tell me names, but the X person who said this , also affirms that my mother was drunk on discos and doing drugs and stuff...
The worst of all is that while she was telling me all this stuff, I remembered that once like months before this call, I went to Jersey to visit my mom, and she left the house on a Saturday night , she pretty much left me there and she came back at 2 a.m DRUNK!!! like i had to take her to the bathroom to throw up, that's why i just didn't wanted to see her again, this episode made me feel sick to my stomach, sad, and dissapointed.
And I told Isabel that I believed what she was telling me, at least the one part of my mom drunk, 'cause I have seen her like that the only time of the year that I went to visit her... after that call, I didn't call Isabel again I was just emabarrased, and obviously I didn't wanted to know anything about my mother.. 2 months after that my mother left me a phone message saying that she wanted to talk to me and to call her.. I did call her, and i apologized for all the 4 months I didn't talk to her.. now things still fine ,but I still don't know if what Isabel told me was true or not, I know the awful part of this, is that i believed it!!!! my mom is crazy and she does act like she's 14 (no offense)
I feel like I betrayed her, first for telling Isabel that i saw my mom drunk, second for believing that thing, I never had a great relationship with my mom, she stop taking care of me (financially) at the age of 15, everything that i had was because of my uncle and my grandma, but that's another long story.
I pretty much needed to vent, i've been keeping this for a year, and it makes me sad when i think about it, and i'm still embarrased ...
 

MACATTAK

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Sorry to hear about your situation. The only thing that matters is what you do from here on out. You can't go back or change the past. What you do today is the only thing you have control of & that's what counts
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user79

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Wow that's terrible. Maybe it would be beneficial though to talk about this with your mom, she sounds like she's on a self-destructive path, especially if this prostitution thing is true. Even if you didn't have a great relationship with her, you might find it in your heart to help her. She sounds like she may need some help.
 

giz2000

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I am sorry that things between you and your mom aren't great, but like another poster said, what matters is what happens from here on out. Unless you directly ask your mother, there is no way of knowing if what your aunt (remember, she is your mom's ex-husband's sister) is telling you the truth, or just saying crap to make your mom look bad in your eyes Something tells me that she's [your "aunt"] is making all that stuff up. Here's my suggestion: when the time is right, talk to your mom about what happened...you're not a little girl anymore and you should be able to have a grown-up conversation with her...good luck. sweetie...
 

Beauty Mark

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It sounds like your mother, regardless of whether she's prostituting herself or not, needs serious help. I would sit down and have a heart to heart with her.

Don't beat yourself up about telling your aunt about the drinking. You weren't doing it to be gossipy or malicious.
 

Krasevayadancer

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That is such a terrible situation to be in. My advise would be to confront your mother. You are not a bad person for believing Isabel, but you should let your mom know that you care and straighten out the situation so that you can both feel better
 
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