Parents spend their lives giving without keeping score. They often pour everything they have into their children but what happens when they say no? Betsy (64, F) wrote to us about the painful decision she had to make when her son did the unexpected.
I raised my son on my own. His father left when he was young, and from then on it was just the two of us. I worked double shifts, came home exhausted, and still made dinner, checked his homework, and stayed up late when he was sick. Every dream I had began and ended with him. So when he wanted to buy his first house, I was proud to help. I dipped into my savings, co-signed his loan, and watched him move in with a sense of pride I can’t describe.
