Losing a child is heartbreaking, and it alters one’s lives until the end of time. It’s the hardest, toughest phase for a parent. Read this story to know what happened when a mother lost her child and what you think she should do.
Source: Reddit
My 16 year old daughter was lost in a car accident in October. I’ve been collecting a college fund for her since she was young, my ex husband and I both put money into it as well as she put some of her paychecks from work into it, and it’s about $25,000 full. I got remarried in July to a man I met on tinder and had been dating for 3 years. My husband’s daughter doesn’t like me, because I’m only 3 years older than her, my husband is significantly older than I am. He’s 58 and I’m 33
My daughter was very passionate about the environment, and my ex husband and I discussed what we would do with the college fund.
We decided to divide it and we would each donate to charities we felt would make our daughter proud.
My husband’s daughter however thinks we should split it evenly and she should get some cushion for buying a house, since I’m married to her father and that makes my contribution his money too.
She thinks donating essentially $13000 wouldn’t mean anything to a big charity and I could help someone I know in real life.
My husband has since joined her side and thinks $13000 would help her buy a house and we can honor my daughter in another way.
My husband has been bullying me since we had this discussion, saying my daughter is dead, and I shouldn’t be wasting money.
He has been belittling me, telling me I’m young and I don’t understand how selfish it is to just waste $13,000 of our money.
I can’t believe this is the man I married.
I don’t know what to do.
I miss my daughter.
What should I do?
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