We got a letter from an old woman named Rosa. It sounded like both an admission and a real plea for help. The woman is upset because she had to make a choice that was very hard for her.
She left her grandson out of her will, even though she loves him. And this was all because her daughter-in-law cheated on her with her son. Now, no one in the family is sure that the child is not from her affair. Rosa told us her whole story and asked our readers to be honest and give her advice.
Rosa has always been kind to her son and his wife and helped them out.
At 63 years old, Rosa admitted that she is at a crossroads because she loves both her son and her grandson very much, but she also knows she needs to make a very hard choice for them both.
“My son Kirk and his wife Ashley got married 5 years ago,” the woman began her letter. Kirk is getting married for the second time. He barely got over his first marriage, which ended in divorce because his ex-wife cheated on him. Ashley, his new girlfriend, was like a bright spot in a cloudy sky for him because she did everything she could to help him get over what happened and believe in true love again.
“I was glad that my son was back to life when they started dating. I’m rich because I have savings and my late husband left me a lot of money in a bank account. This will allow me to live a good life and enjoy my old age to the fullest.
From the day they got married, I helped them with money. I bought them a house and two cars, put money into Ashley’s education, and even helped her find a good job. I actually cared about them and wanted their family to do well. I did everything I could to make them even happier than they were.
Ashley broke up with her husband, which was bad for the whole family.
Rosa goes on with her story, “It was the worst day of our lives when we found out that Ashley was cheating on Kirk almost three years ago.” This woman ignored the fact that Kirk was almost dead from the painful event he had been through before cheating on him with a coworker, even though she had everything she could ever want in her life.
Think about how ironic that is! She cheated on my son with another man while she was working at the job I helped her get. Kirk was hopeless and sad, and I wasn’t sure if he’d be able to make it through this again.
“On the other hand, Ashley didn’t seem to care about how Kirk felt or how I was doing.” She left right after we told everyone about her affair, and she didn’t even say sorry. After they broke up, they didn’t talk to each other for a while. Kirk had to get better, and I was thinking about how to keep him from going crazy over what had happened to him twice.
Ashley came up to Kirk one day and told him she was pregnant. She had no idea if the baby was his or not. Kirk was going to get a paternity test and go through with the painful divorce when Ashley gave birth. Next, my beloved son did something that shocked me so much. Right away, he chose to give her another chance and make their marriage work.
From then on, the paternity test was at the center of the family fight.
To top it all off, Rosa says, “Kirk also chose not to get the paternity test because he thought it would cause stress, anger, and even hate if he knew for sure that the child wasn’t his.” I was furious about his choice, but I couldn’t do much about it because it was his choice and he was set in his ways.
“Their marriage is still a mess now. Every other day, they break up and then get back together. Kirk sometimes thinks of the kid as his own son and other times as his wife’s son. I love the child, and I don’t see how things could be different. The boy isn’t to blame for his mother’s bad decisions. What’s wrong with everything, though?
Many people in our family have already told Kirk and his wife to keep us out of their marriage because it’s not working. They always complain to me and the rest of our family about everything, but they don’t want to change anything.
The woman had to make a tough choice about her son and grandson.
Rosa wrote, “I change my will every year as a tradition.” Not very much, and sometimes I don’t change anything at all. But I do talk to my lawyer about it and make changes if I need to. It was my son who asked me a few days ago if I could add my grandson to my will. He knows this.
I said no right away, without any doubt. Kirk asked me why I hadn’t thought of it before. I told him I wasn’t sure if his son is even my real and biological grandson. Kirk told me that any child he thought of as his son was automatically my grandchild. Given these facts, I completely disagree with that.”
“I told him that if he met his wife after she already had a child, and Kirk chose to be a father to that child, I would think of the boy as my grandchild if they got married.” But my DIL cheated on him, let me down, and caused him a lot of stress. Then she got pregnant, and we don’t even know if the child is related to us by blood or not. Am I supposed to just ignore it?
I made Kirk take a paternity test, and if it comes back positive, I have no problem putting my grandchild in my will. But my son said no, and he hasn’t talked to me since. He blocked me everywhere and told me not to talk to his son. What should I do?”
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