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Kauphy

Tomatoes for Mrs Michaels mom

Blaster824

Treated like a true Middle Child

Fiver

Haley 100% stealing that breakfast

Paprika

And she’s still gonna be surprised when Haley moves out and stops talking to her

Snowstar837

TFW your mom perpetuates a misogynistic worldview by making you take on the mental load for both your brothers

Red Miso (edited)

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2026-09-06 03:00 In all fairness as a sibling you should be the first to pick up when you're sibling is not doing great so it's mom sees it Hailey should too. I think even as a kid I could tell my single mom needed help taking care of all of us with a job so asking her to just take him lunch and watch out for eachother isnt really a crazy move. As soon as mom said "I'm worried" that should be it you can ask why later, she's not asking you to move a mountain here
2026-08-24 17:10 In all fairness as a sibling you should be the first to pick up when you're sibling is not doing great so if mom sees it Hailey should too. I think even as a kid I could tell my single mom needed help taking care of all of us with a job so asking her to just take him lunch and watch out for eachother isnt really a crazy move. As soon as mom said "I'm worried" that should be it you can ask why later, she's not asking you to move a mountain here

In all fairness as a sibling you should be the first to pick up when you're sibling is not doing great so if mom sees it Hailey should too. I think even as a kid I could tell my single mom needed help taking care of all of us with a job so asking her to just take him lunch and watch out for eachother isnt really a crazy move. As soon as mom said "I'm worried" that should be it you can ask why later, she's not asking you to move a mountain here

Crossbreeze

Haley Please dont make Mike pay for what your Mom is doing to you. I know it isn't fair, and you need help and tome time to relax but Mike is in danger. Don't go towards the Parkside.

justin ODell

This one is going to leave a lot of y'all BARE. Lol

M.L. Scotland

There was definitely a better way to explain this mom

SomeColourMage

idk what some of you want from them. Haley's been treated pretty poorly before but that doesn't suddenly make "take 5 minutes out of your lunch to give your brother his" evil or anything and Mike's very clearly in a crisis right now! Ellen's got to do something, Mike left too quickly for her to directly intervene, and I'm guessing "beat up Frank for being an absent asshole and forcing her to badly juggle taking care of all three kids alone", while cathartic and correct, is neither practical or would really solve anything

Zambies

When ur the sister of a nuclear family so now you have to take on a mental load because ur father isn’t fathering and your brother is a guy so his feelings and problems matter more

Antares

I get wanting to give some extra attention to your kid when his behavior is visibly different but is not like Haley is immune to her parents' marital problems 🙃 this sucks for everyone, dang

Boss

It’s weird that everyone wanted a parent to pay more attention and one does, suddenly she’s at fault. When you’re working and taking care of three kids and one is visibly depressed and not eating you’re not thinking. “How can I be fair to everyone”, you’re thinking “how do I make sure this family survives”. Being a working mom is not easy, and no that doesn’t excuse Mike/Haley’s mom of wrongdoing but she just wants Mike’s own sister to look out for him and instead she’s taking it out on his note that he could probably use right now. I hope that Haley does see how much support Mike needs right now. So they can support each other.

esinololly

Aww crap. There's no winning for anyone here D:

Kauphy

In all fairness she’s basically Chris’s parent. But sure, let’s shame her for not mothering him AND Michael smh

SCD

Now Haley knows how Helga feels.

Addystar

I don’t know how people are justifying Haley’s behaviour here. Just because her mum makes her babysit sometimes doesn’t mean she should take an active role in her own brother’s starvation

Addystar

No one’s asking her to mother Mike, she literally just asked her to give him a lunch because they go to the same school

WitchDoll

Jesus girl, quite the opposite of Jordan. Those feelings are that much stronger than worrying about your brother? well, I had something similar with my cousin I grew up with, so I can relate a bit... but still, I hope she'll pull through it later on. Mom will probably ask Mike about the lunch anyway, so why get in trouble

Kiall Vun Myeret

I'm also a bit confused. Didn't she the one time we saw her suppose to babysit Chris shove that responsibility onto Mike so she could go sneak off and party?

Kirk Findlay

See I get the idea that being subtle with Mike is a good idea. Cause forcing him to talk and open up will just make him shut up more. But the sister may not be the best choice either. For one, mom clearly doesn't realize her daughter feels a bit forgotten and stuck in the middle child position. It happens, but it sucks when it does. But fear that she either, out of resentment is gonna refuse to do anything besides just 'give him the lunch and walk away' or will know that all this tiptoeing around is stupid, and that some tough love might be required to get Mike to talk and now 'it's go time' so to speak.