She recalled: “When she took my notebook and papers to destroy, I just added on what the notebook, folder, and papers had cost to the total.” The following day, OP sent an email to her mother, asking her to pay or she would take the legal route. She threatened to sue her for the money she had stolen from her.However, after thinking about her email again, she felt she had gone overboard. She wrote a Reddit post, asking other users if she had done the right thing.

Kris82868 assured OP she was not at fault. “Paying for the medical needs of a 4 year old kid is what a parent is supposed to do and a duty,” she explained. OP confessed that she was raised to believe children had to repay their parents once they became adults. She felt she couldn’t repay them later in life because of the ongoing issues.Meanwhile, another Redditor confessed that she would open another account in her name to separate her money from her mother if she was in OP’s place.

SunnyBunnyHopHop alsosuggested: “You need to have an attorney review all the information & discuss your available options.”

In OP’s updated post, she revealed her father was helping her get the money back. She had opened a separate bank account and got rid of those with her mother’s name.

She also shared that her mother confessed her other siblings did not belong to her father.

Her mother had cheated on her husband and had five children out of her affair. “So now, she is dealing with a law suit, potential criminal charges, and a divorce,” she revealed.

OP thanked everyone for their suggestions and hoped her father would get full custody of his children. She admitted that discussing her problem with other Redditors was very helpful.If you enjoyed reading this story, you might like this one about an old widower who left his $5.4 million inheritance to a lady who wasn’t one of his six children.