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So my question is, should I, do I have a moral obligation to give my mom money when she was abusive to me and my siblings and historically not financially responsible.

Oh.

You framed that really heavy, like moral responsibility.

Where does the weight of that come from?

I think it comes from, I grew up in a Christian church, and I still am. I still

follow Christianity. Okay, so hold on, what's the directive there? Well, I want to do the

right thing. But what's the word used? What's the directive in scripture?

Oh. I can think of one where it starts with an H.

Yes.

Yeah, honor your father or mother.

And then there's also verse in like Matthew 15 where Jesus is telling the Pharisees,

you're giving your money to the church, but you won't even help your parents.

And then the other reason for that moral obligation in fact is two of my siblings really think

it is morally our job to give my mom money.

And we recently had a sibling conversation because she just keeps asking us all for money and two of us

two of my siblings kind of just give her whatever she asked for and then me and one of my other

siblings are not really feeling that and um so we're kind of under this place where it's awkward

in our personal relationship where they think we are morally wrong for not agreeing to just give my mom

whatever she asked for.

And so what you're hoping to do here is to find a way that your abusive mother and your

enabling brother or two siblings don't make you feel uncomfortable.

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