my son's wife tried to declare me insane for cutting her off | part 2 #stories #familystorytime #storytelling #storytime

When I asked about the date of my son's wedding, my daughter-in-law said, "We got married yesterday, just for special people." A week later, she called. The rent is overdue. Did you transfer it? I replied, "Didn't I tell you? I only help special people." After that, I cut every dollar, three years paying their bills, 33,000 total gone. They didn't take it well, tried to get me to sign a power of attorney called social services. And when none of that worked, they took me to family court trying to prove I was mentally incompetent so they could take my money. The morning of the trial, I put on my best suit, looked in the mirror and thought, "My own son is about to lie under oath about his mother for money." Their lawyer went hard, said I was paranoid, confused, being manipulated by strangers. Made it sound like me choosing to stop paying a 35-year-old man's rent was a sign of dementia. Lena got on that stand crying like she deserved an award. She's like a second mom to me. My lawyer let her finish, then asked, "When's the last time you called her without needing money?" She just froze, nothing. Max wasn't any better, called me unstable. My lawyer said, "Sir, your 35 and your 71-year-old mother was paying your rent. Who's the unstable one here?" The whole courtroom felt that. Their pharmacist witness admitted Lena tricked him into signing papers. Their neighbor witness admitted he'd never even talk to me. Then I got up there, told the judge every dollar, every humiliation, every lie. I said, "I don't regret stopping. I regret not stopping sooner." Judge stepped out for two hours. Long as two hours of my life came back, said Mrs. Richter is fully competent. This case is driven by greed, not concern, denied. I sold that house, donated half to organizations protecting elderly people from their own families, never heard from them again. If you got a pay for love, it ain't love. What would you have done? Drop it in the comments.