You’re probably correct… For most people’s mothers. No, I know mine and I’m positive it was a power play on her part. The reason why I say that is because when she died, my brothers, Dad and I went through her things and guess what we found?

If you guessed items that actually had value, either sentimentally or financially you’d get a prize.

So she purposely separated anything of value from the junk. Then gave the junk to me and my brothers. My brothers also went through their items and sure enough it was all junk. Of course the apples don’t fall too far from the tree. So when our Dad died two years ago my two brothers kept everything. We are all now permanently estranged as far as I’m concerned.

So yeah, I had a fun family growing up. My wife and kids are now fully protected and will never see those people again.

But just to be clear, my family is not rich. I’m not talking about enough money to make dealing with narcissistic power plays worth it.