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Hello, everyone:
Recently, my mother’s sister moved in with her after a long period of “poor luck” and bad choices. My mother, being a generous woman (Catholic) with comfortable means, decided to take her in and support her while she looks for a job in the area. Eight months have passed: my mother’s sister has held three different jobs for as many weeks, and was fired from each one. She subtly coerces monetary gifts from my mother when her welfare does not pay her bills; she is in serious debt and is quite lazy, refusing to look for a new job. The situation is very distressing. Although I often talk with my mother about kicking this woman out, my mother always seems to extend her room and board by “another month” and continues to offer support money.
It is clear my aunt has a major personality disorder, including serious clinical depression and mostly likely a bipolar complex. Her mood swings wildly between extremes, and she is prone to sulk and hold grudges for minor incidents. The rest of my mother’s family has disowned this woman for her “parasitic behavior,” including my own grandmother and grandfather before he recently died (my aunt’s parents).
Sorry for the long wind-up, but I am concerned about this woman’s effects on my mother. My aunt has always displayed strange religious tendencies, including a great deal of “nature worship” and high regard for spiritual, but not specifically religious systems (think modern-day Native American practices). She seems to have an aversion to church, never having attended with my mother despite repeated invitations, and she refuses to pray with the family before dinner. As strange (paranoid?) as this sounds, I am extremely concerned my aunt might be a witch, a follower of Wicca who is using natural and demonic forces to tear my family apart and wreak havoc wherever she goes. In the 8 months since she moved in, my two sisters have distanced themselves from the situation and I am fighting the same urge. This distancing involves retreating from family life and avoiding situations where the entire family, including my aunt, come together. I hate to invoke the old stereotype of the “homewrecker,” but I fear this is what my aunt represents.
I have little hard “proof” that my aunt is a witch, but I heard a story about another family who took in a similar individual and was almost destroyed before the woman was ejected. It was discovered she was a Wiccan who actively sought to turn family members against one another. I am afraid a similar situation exists here, and I would appreciate the advice of the community about this rather serious problem.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Recently, my mother’s sister moved in with her after a long period of “poor luck” and bad choices. My mother, being a generous woman (Catholic) with comfortable means, decided to take her in and support her while she looks for a job in the area. Eight months have passed: my mother’s sister has held three different jobs for as many weeks, and was fired from each one. She subtly coerces monetary gifts from my mother when her welfare does not pay her bills; she is in serious debt and is quite lazy, refusing to look for a new job. The situation is very distressing. Although I often talk with my mother about kicking this woman out, my mother always seems to extend her room and board by “another month” and continues to offer support money.
It is clear my aunt has a major personality disorder, including serious clinical depression and mostly likely a bipolar complex. Her mood swings wildly between extremes, and she is prone to sulk and hold grudges for minor incidents. The rest of my mother’s family has disowned this woman for her “parasitic behavior,” including my own grandmother and grandfather before he recently died (my aunt’s parents).
Sorry for the long wind-up, but I am concerned about this woman’s effects on my mother. My aunt has always displayed strange religious tendencies, including a great deal of “nature worship” and high regard for spiritual, but not specifically religious systems (think modern-day Native American practices). She seems to have an aversion to church, never having attended with my mother despite repeated invitations, and she refuses to pray with the family before dinner. As strange (paranoid?) as this sounds, I am extremely concerned my aunt might be a witch, a follower of Wicca who is using natural and demonic forces to tear my family apart and wreak havoc wherever she goes. In the 8 months since she moved in, my two sisters have distanced themselves from the situation and I am fighting the same urge. This distancing involves retreating from family life and avoiding situations where the entire family, including my aunt, come together. I hate to invoke the old stereotype of the “homewrecker,” but I fear this is what my aunt represents.
I have little hard “proof” that my aunt is a witch, but I heard a story about another family who took in a similar individual and was almost destroyed before the woman was ejected. It was discovered she was a Wiccan who actively sought to turn family members against one another. I am afraid a similar situation exists here, and I would appreciate the advice of the community about this rather serious problem.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
). Some grow tired of it eventually and return to their good senses. Others don’t…