Visiting Widowed Mom after 3 Years, Man Finds a Mess and Hears a Man Coughing in the Next Room — Story of the Day
Arnold decided to visit his widowed mom for the first time in three years, only to see the house in a mess and with a stranger living there.
Arnold was 33 years old and with a successful career in the corporate world. He got his master’s degree at 27, and at the time, he had been living with his mom, Eva.
Eva asked him not to leave home because she was already getting old and needed help. However, Arnold insisted on moving out to focus on his career.
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His mother took this against him, and she began to guilt-trip him into staying. “I didn’t raise you to prioritize money over family. I wanted you to be different! First, your father left me, and now, my own son is abandoning me as well,” she told him.
Arnold was hurt that his mother thought this way of him and decided to cut ties with her at once. He wanted to work hard to provide not only for himself and his future family but also to give back to his mom, and he didn’t like the way his mother guilt-tripped him.
“I’m sorry I’m not the son you’ve always wanted. If you’re so disappointed in me, I’ll make it easier for you. You no longer have to deal with me,” he told Eva before leaving.
Since that last fight, Arnold never saw his mother again. He never called or wrote to her until three years later when he needed to return home to get some documents.
Arnold drove to his hometown four hours away from his place. When he arrived at his mother’s house, he was surprised to see it in such a complete mess. The house was almost destroyed, and it looked as if it hadn’t been cleaned in years.
He proceeded to the kitchen and saw that everything was broken and filled with dust. Then he suddenly heard a man coughing from the living room.
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He was surprised to see his mother there lying on the couch with a man in his 40s sitting on the chair beside her. The man was dressed in ragged clothes and had long, messy hair.
“Mom! What on earth? Who is this man? What’s wrong with you?!” Arnold suddenly said, which startled both his mother and the man with her.
His mother kept her composure and simply answered, “This...