A 56-year-old Redditor had shared a story on Reddit’s “AITA” subreddit. The mother had shared her story on the June of 2022, and shared that her daughter felt that she was embarrassed in front of the whole family.

The mother stated that she has a daughter, 33-year-old Kelly, and a granddaughter, 16-year-old Opal. Her daughter Kelly was sixteen when she became pregnant with Opal. As OP and her husband let their daughter to change what to do with her baby, Kelly wanted to keep the baby, and not give it up for adoption.

“We helped a lot as Kelly was only seventeen when Opal was born. However, Kelly would rarely help with parenting even when she was available. Even asking her to watch Opal for an hour while we ran errands was an issue. It was rare that Kelly wouldn’t complain about why she “had to be there” to look after Opal.” The Redditor explained.

As Kelly didn’t attended to college, she started to work on a job, where her hours were flexible, but she didn’t looked out for her daughter Opal.

“Kelly was only home to sleep or get dressed for some party. She also relied on us to purchase supplies and book appointments for Opal. Eddy and I would have serious talks with Kelly that she needed to step up as a parent. Kelly would only make empty promises and never follow through on them.” The OP said.

As Kelly moved out when Opal was 6, OP and her husband were ones the who cared for Opal. “Opal is doing extremely well. She has good friends, plays Tennis, participates in volunteer projects, and plans to be a marine biologist after graduation.”

After the school year ended, OP and the whole family were having a dinner to celebrate Opal’s great grades. Kelly was there too, and announced that she was pregnant again.

“We already were upset because this was supposed to be Opal’s special moment and Kelly announcing her pregnancy was completely inappropriate. Eddy and I said nothing, and Kelly started to say how she and her boyfriend were “so busy!” with life right now.” the Redditor said.

As OP and her husband, Eddy stopped Kelly, and explained that this time she is alone, as she needs to care and provide for her new baby alone, or with her boyfriend.

“Kelly called us heartless and claimed we were willing to throw our grandchild away. Eddy and I called her selfish for expecting us to raise another child. We are too old to raise a baby. Kelly is thirty-three and needs to grow up. Give the baby up for adoption or be a parent and raise it yourself.” The Redditor said.

“Kelly left in tears. Now the family has broken into “sides.” The ones agreeing with Kelly say that we adopted Opal and are sending a message that we don’t care about our newest grandchild. Others are saying we should have taken her aside privately instead of shooting her down in front of everyone and our reaction was cruel. Eddy and I feel we had to be blunt with Kelly and not sugarcoat reality.” the Redditor concluded her story.

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