There's a saying "If you see something, say something." While some people might want to avoid the trouble of getting into something sketchy, others just can't stay silent when they see bad things happen. That can be especially true if it's happening to a person you know.
In the U.S., emergency call centers handle an average of 600,000 calls a day and over 240 million calls per year. In their own right, Child Protective Services receive over four million referrals about neglected children a year.
But it's never easy to make the call. The folks who shared these stories could probably tell you that. The experiences come to you from an online thread where someone asked: "People who have called CPS or the police on a friend, what made you do it?" Some of these stories have good endings, others not so much, but don't let that stop you from believing that sometimes one call can change someone's life.
#1
There was a religious family who didn't want to waste money on healthcare or doctors. They basically had a vegan diet. Their toddler slept over 20 hrs/day, couldn't walk and ate hair. They refused to listen to family or friends and take the child to the doctor. After COS was called , they were forced to have the child seen; the doctor said the child would have died in less than a month without intervention. So yeah, they might hate me, but I saved a child's life.
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48points
#2
I called CPS on my best friend because her fights with her boyfriend were so out of hand, they were violent and aggressive and lasted for hours and hours while their infant son sat in the corner crying.
The breaking point was when the friends brother called me freaking out because he'd shown up at the house and they were so enmeshed in the fight that they didn't even notice he'd arrived. The mom was throwing whatever was in distance at her boyfriend. The brother took the baby and left, and they didn't even notice.
At the time I was working for CPS so there's literally no possible way I couldn't report the s**t that was going on. It was a brutal situation to be in.
The breaking point was when the friends brother called me freaking out because he'd shown up at the house and they were so enmeshed in the fight that they didn't even notice he'd arrived. The mom was throwing whatever was in distance at her boyfriend. The brother took the baby and left, and they didn't even notice.
At the time I was working for CPS so there's literally no possible way I couldn't report the s**t that was going on. It was a brutal situation to be in.
39points
#3
I'm a nanny and therefore I am considered a mandatory reporter. Thankfully the only time I have had to exercise that was for a family I picked up a one time job with. The 5 month old baby was drinking from bottles that were never washed and left with rotten formula inside until they were dumped and immediately refilled. He also had no muscle definition whatsoever in his neck, arms, or legs (obviously babies don't have much, but he should have been able to hold his head up, sit up for brief moments if not longer, and he practicing standing up while someone is holding his hands and supporting him-most do this by "practicing" in a parent's lap). His head was flat as a board because the baby was LITERALLY never picked up/ given tummy time/ interacted with. They would put him in a swing, hand him his gross old bottle for him to try to feed himself from, turn on the tv to something colorful and ignore him until he was screaming from hunger the next time. They also had a two year old who was visibly afraid to talk or call attention to herself, and a 5 year old with SEVERE and violent ADHD. He would beat the c**p out of the two year old (leading to her desire to be unnoticed).
So yeah. I called on them.
So yeah. I called on them.
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38points
#4
Wasn't a friend, was a neighbor.
When I came home at 2:30 am to see my neighbors two little kids asleep in the hallway. I asked them what was up and they said their mom had told them to go play at the park but now wasn't answering. I knocked really hard on their door but no one answered. So I called the police.
To be honest I was worried about the mother, I thought she may have had a medical emergency or something and was unconscious.
Nope.
When the police open the door, the mother is just gone. All the stuff was gone too.
Luckily the kids had an aunt who took them in, and last I heard they were doing great.
When I came home at 2:30 am to see my neighbors two little kids asleep in the hallway. I asked them what was up and they said their mom had told them to go play at the park but now wasn't answering. I knocked really hard on their door but no one answered. So I called the police.
To be honest I was worried about the mother, I thought she may have had a medical emergency or something and was unconscious.
Nope.
When the police open the door, the mother is just gone. All the stuff was gone too.
Luckily the kids had an aunt who took them in, and last I heard they were doing great.
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34points
#5
My best friend from high school was s******y a****d by her foster father as a kid. When she decided to move in with her boyfriend, she couldn't take her 2 oldest kids because he didn't like them. So she decided she would ship them off to the same foster father. I immediately called and the kids were removed as he had already started abusing the oldest girl.
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28points
#6
My nephew is a piece of [trash]. He has four children by two mothers and cares for exactly zero of them. One has been adopted by a family member, two are in foster homes, and the last lives with the mother, who somewhat has her [life] together.
I called CPS for the first kid. There was a lot of history leading up to this, but there was the final straw. I knew my nephew was a mess, and this baby momma was an idiot. Shortly after the kid was born, I offered to babysit so I could make sure the kid was getting fed and cared for properly. I went to pick up the infant and his mother was feeding him a bottle while my nephew played video games. She said the baby wasn't too interested in eating it.
I looked at the bottle and there were black bits floating all through it. I opened it up and sure, ROTTEN FORMULA. These lazy pieces of [trash] couldn't be bothered to clean the bottles out, and just mixed new formula on top of old, rotten formula. I called CPS.
That kid, and the subsequent two kids they had together were all removed. My nephew then decided to switch it up with a new baby momma, and promptly abandoned that child too. I no longer have contact with him, because I get so angry about it. He likely has made more children in the mean time, which he will never care for in any capacity (financially, emotionally, etc).
I am a strong believer in mandated birth control for people like him who lack the capacity to make responsible decisions regarding reproduction. He and his idiot partners keep breeding children, and literally just abandoning them to the system.
I called CPS for the first kid. There was a lot of history leading up to this, but there was the final straw. I knew my nephew was a mess, and this baby momma was an idiot. Shortly after the kid was born, I offered to babysit so I could make sure the kid was getting fed and cared for properly. I went to pick up the infant and his mother was feeding him a bottle while my nephew played video games. She said the baby wasn't too interested in eating it.
I looked at the bottle and there were black bits floating all through it. I opened it up and sure, ROTTEN FORMULA. These lazy pieces of [trash] couldn't be bothered to clean the bottles out, and just mixed new formula on top of old, rotten formula. I called CPS.
That kid, and the subsequent two kids they had together were all removed. My nephew then decided to switch it up with a new baby momma, and promptly abandoned that child too. I no longer have contact with him, because I get so angry about it. He likely has made more children in the mean time, which he will never care for in any capacity (financially, emotionally, etc).
I am a strong believer in mandated birth control for people like him who lack the capacity to make responsible decisions regarding reproduction. He and his idiot partners keep breeding children, and literally just abandoning them to the system.
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28points
#7
I called and reported my cousin twice. The first time because she posted about how she used the 'power of nature' (and also prayer was somehow involved) to cure her son's rash. How? By leaving her baby (too young to walk) outside on the lawn until his skin burned and peeled off.
CPS told me that they could only take reports from people living in the same state, and since my only evidence was *the Facebook posts she made with before and after photos*, they would not be opening an investigation.
The second time, her children caught that sickness going around that happened the same time as the Ebola scare. Basically, kids were getting lung infections and not breathing. She again posted to Facebook about her kids getting sick, and claimed she was treating them with probiotics. To clarify, her children were blue from lack of oxygen and she was *feeding them yoghurt*.
I didn't call CPS that time, I called my cousin's neighbor. The neighbor checked Facebook, saw the photos of the kids, and stormed over there. She told my cousin that if she didn't take those kids to the ER, then she (neighbor) was going to kidnap them and do it herself.
The hospital called CPS because the infection had progressed to the point that all three boys have permanent damage to their lungs. Cousin told CPS that it's her religious right to refuse medical treatment for herself or her children, and CPS agreed. The case was closed.
I unfriended her on Facebook because I can't watch someone slowly [unalive] their children.
CPS told me that they could only take reports from people living in the same state, and since my only evidence was *the Facebook posts she made with before and after photos*, they would not be opening an investigation.
The second time, her children caught that sickness going around that happened the same time as the Ebola scare. Basically, kids were getting lung infections and not breathing. She again posted to Facebook about her kids getting sick, and claimed she was treating them with probiotics. To clarify, her children were blue from lack of oxygen and she was *feeding them yoghurt*.
I didn't call CPS that time, I called my cousin's neighbor. The neighbor checked Facebook, saw the photos of the kids, and stormed over there. She told my cousin that if she didn't take those kids to the ER, then she (neighbor) was going to kidnap them and do it herself.
The hospital called CPS because the infection had progressed to the point that all three boys have permanent damage to their lungs. Cousin told CPS that it's her religious right to refuse medical treatment for herself or her children, and CPS agreed. The case was closed.
I unfriended her on Facebook because I can't watch someone slowly [unalive] their children.
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24points
#8
A close relative has ten children. Literally loves babies, had no time for them once they reach about 3. She nor her husband have had steady work for close to twenty years. She chooses to "home school" them because every time they attend public school the state gets called. I had no idea how bad it was a few years back.
My mother and I go and visit, I bring along my son who was about 2 at the time. They loved in a decent house. (Paid for by the state) The mother was staying indoors with the younger children while the older ones were outside. She offers to watch my son while my mother and I spent time with her older children. Seemed fine. About an hour later we hear crying from inside. Not unusual. but it wasn't stopping, which was. We go to the patio door, locked. Go around front and that door is locked too. So we are pounding on the door, yelling for her, when her four year old opens the door for us to come in. I find all the children alone in the living room. There was a fire going on the fireplace and one of the children had tipped over the protection screen and burned themselves and one of their siblings pretty badly. My son was in the corner of the room screaming bloody m****r, thankfully he was ok. Shortly there after we are calling 911 and trying to assess the damage (my mother and I are both first responders) when the mother pulls in the driveway. SHE LEFT! Left pretty much right when we went outside. Her husband needed smokes brought to his buddies place. She locked 6 small children in a house alone with a fire going. She then tried to a*****t my mother for not just cleaning up the kids instead of calling for EMS.
A few years later they lost custody of all ten for about a year. Every single one of those children blossomed in foster care. Made friends, went to school, had a life. She got custody back. So those kids are screwed. The to oldest 17 and 16 are riding out the "home schooling" doing nothing. Her children are almost illiterate, have no social skills, don't even bathe regularly. The state visits occasionally, but as long as they are fed and have a place to live "keeping the family together" trumps the kids wellbeing.
My mother and I go and visit, I bring along my son who was about 2 at the time. They loved in a decent house. (Paid for by the state) The mother was staying indoors with the younger children while the older ones were outside. She offers to watch my son while my mother and I spent time with her older children. Seemed fine. About an hour later we hear crying from inside. Not unusual. but it wasn't stopping, which was. We go to the patio door, locked. Go around front and that door is locked too. So we are pounding on the door, yelling for her, when her four year old opens the door for us to come in. I find all the children alone in the living room. There was a fire going on the fireplace and one of the children had tipped over the protection screen and burned themselves and one of their siblings pretty badly. My son was in the corner of the room screaming bloody m****r, thankfully he was ok. Shortly there after we are calling 911 and trying to assess the damage (my mother and I are both first responders) when the mother pulls in the driveway. SHE LEFT! Left pretty much right when we went outside. Her husband needed smokes brought to his buddies place. She locked 6 small children in a house alone with a fire going. She then tried to a*****t my mother for not just cleaning up the kids instead of calling for EMS.
A few years later they lost custody of all ten for about a year. Every single one of those children blossomed in foster care. Made friends, went to school, had a life. She got custody back. So those kids are screwed. The to oldest 17 and 16 are riding out the "home schooling" doing nothing. Her children are almost illiterate, have no social skills, don't even bathe regularly. The state visits occasionally, but as long as they are fed and have a place to live "keeping the family together" trumps the kids wellbeing.
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22points
#9
I once called animal control on roommates when I moved out.
I was travelling and lived with a couple for a month or two. They had 4 cats and 2 dogs. One of the dogs was ALWAYS chained up outside in Australian heat. He didn't always have water available and they fed him random table scraps whenever they remembered it. The dog barked all day long and no one was allowed to go near him because he was aggressive.
One time he broke into the house and shat on the carpet when we were all out. I was real proud of him that day.
Animal control eventually removed and rehomed him.
I was travelling and lived with a couple for a month or two. They had 4 cats and 2 dogs. One of the dogs was ALWAYS chained up outside in Australian heat. He didn't always have water available and they fed him random table scraps whenever they remembered it. The dog barked all day long and no one was allowed to go near him because he was aggressive.
One time he broke into the house and shat on the carpet when we were all out. I was real proud of him that day.
Animal control eventually removed and rehomed him.
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22points
#10
I have twice.
The first time, my nieces and nephew were living in knee high garbage throughout the house. They had no working stove, refrigerator, or shower. They lived in another town and we didn't get to visit often and when we did, their dad would meet us at a restaurant or park. Made a surprise visit when I was in that town one day. No one answered the door, but I could see the mess through the window and smell it through the door. My brother in law just handed them over. He ignored them for 6 years after.
The second time, I was working as a children's minister/counselor. An 11 year old girl came to my office for counseling. She was pregnant. Turns out her mom's boyfriend [did it]. Her mother defended the boyfriend, but he turned out to be in the states illegally. The mother convinced the girl to have the baby. They baby was born early and had some abnormalities. The child was eventually removed from their home because she was severely malnourished. She was hospitalized and placed in the states care, and ended up dying.
None of these people were charged.
The first time, my nieces and nephew were living in knee high garbage throughout the house. They had no working stove, refrigerator, or shower. They lived in another town and we didn't get to visit often and when we did, their dad would meet us at a restaurant or park. Made a surprise visit when I was in that town one day. No one answered the door, but I could see the mess through the window and smell it through the door. My brother in law just handed them over. He ignored them for 6 years after.
The second time, I was working as a children's minister/counselor. An 11 year old girl came to my office for counseling. She was pregnant. Turns out her mom's boyfriend [did it]. Her mother defended the boyfriend, but he turned out to be in the states illegally. The mother convinced the girl to have the baby. They baby was born early and had some abnormalities. The child was eventually removed from their home because she was severely malnourished. She was hospitalized and placed in the states care, and ended up dying.
None of these people were charged.
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21points
#11
I called on my sister in law. She's had a m**h a*******n for many years and got pregnant by a guy she got it from. (She was 23 or so and he was 50 or so) She pretty much stayed home her entire pregnancy. I think she legit was trying to make it work but the same day her daughter was born I went to see her and the baby was being held by ANOTHER guy I know she got m**h from.
Fast forward a month. She starts disappearing with the baby for days. Every time we would see her the baby was terrified of people, not gaining weight, and had a bald spot on the back of her head from basically living in her car seat. So I called. The baby has been living with me ever since. I have legal guardianship over her and we just celebrated her 4th birthday last weekend.
We invited her mom. She left early and we found her car parked at her dealers house.
Fast forward a month. She starts disappearing with the baby for days. Every time we would see her the baby was terrified of people, not gaining weight, and had a bald spot on the back of her head from basically living in her car seat. So I called. The baby has been living with me ever since. I have legal guardianship over her and we just celebrated her 4th birthday last weekend.
We invited her mom. She left early and we found her car parked at her dealers house.
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20points
#12
My husband and I tipped off his best friends employer that he was a self proclaimed "boy lover", and the employer called the police. We were on the other side of the country at the time, and he was working with at risk youth. He felt his attraction to the kids made him connect with them on a deeper level, but he admitted to being u sure what would happen if one of them tried to initiate anything physical.
There were years of message board posts (which were deleted within 24 hrs of him being confronted, but his boss had already printed them off) showing a drastically changing attitude and admitting to things like having the boys sleep in his bed and taking them swimming and watching them get changed.
When the whole thing came out we basically lost our friend group. The guy in question spun the story to make it seem like a completely different issue. Not enough evidence was found to arrest him, he left the country with his girlfriend (they have since married and divorced). A few years later we got a call saying the case was reopened and asking if we had any contact with him or new information, but I have no idea what happened.
It messed up my husband a lot. Took him years to trust people again. We have kids now and we are really protective - they do normal kid stuff, but very few adults have any sort of alone time with them at all.
There were years of message board posts (which were deleted within 24 hrs of him being confronted, but his boss had already printed them off) showing a drastically changing attitude and admitting to things like having the boys sleep in his bed and taking them swimming and watching them get changed.
When the whole thing came out we basically lost our friend group. The guy in question spun the story to make it seem like a completely different issue. Not enough evidence was found to arrest him, he left the country with his girlfriend (they have since married and divorced). A few years later we got a call saying the case was reopened and asking if we had any contact with him or new information, but I have no idea what happened.
It messed up my husband a lot. Took him years to trust people again. We have kids now and we are really protective - they do normal kid stuff, but very few adults have any sort of alone time with them at all.
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19points
#13
When I was a kid I had my first sleepover at my best friend's house. There were rumours that his dad was a drinker which meant my parents had been reluctant to let me sleep over for a long time, but his mom reassured my parents that they were just rumours.
So after school we go over and we play, have dinner, everything is fine. His dad had a couple of beers with dinner but that's not surprising.
In the middle of the night we were woken up by shouting and banging. His parents were fighting. Badly. Swearing, things being thrown. My friend looked so embarrassed and upset that I was hearing this. We then heard a scream, a crash and it went quiet. That was the scariest moment of all. I quietly left the room and looked down the stairs from the landing. My friend's mom was laying still. She'd been thrown into the internal door, or more precisely, through the closed internal door. I went back to the bedroom. My friend had a phone in his room so I called my mom, crying saying that his mom was lying on the floor and not moving.
Within minutes the police arrived and a few minutes after that my mom and dad arrived and took us away. I had to give statements and such the next day. His mom was fine. She was bruised, had cuts, she'd been knocked out cold when she went through the door, but she was fine. His dad went to prison and his mom remarried later to a really nice guy. I guess it all worked out, but it was a horrific experience to live through.
So after school we go over and we play, have dinner, everything is fine. His dad had a couple of beers with dinner but that's not surprising.
In the middle of the night we were woken up by shouting and banging. His parents were fighting. Badly. Swearing, things being thrown. My friend looked so embarrassed and upset that I was hearing this. We then heard a scream, a crash and it went quiet. That was the scariest moment of all. I quietly left the room and looked down the stairs from the landing. My friend's mom was laying still. She'd been thrown into the internal door, or more precisely, through the closed internal door. I went back to the bedroom. My friend had a phone in his room so I called my mom, crying saying that his mom was lying on the floor and not moving.
Within minutes the police arrived and a few minutes after that my mom and dad arrived and took us away. I had to give statements and such the next day. His mom was fine. She was bruised, had cuts, she'd been knocked out cold when she went through the door, but she was fine. His dad went to prison and his mom remarried later to a really nice guy. I guess it all worked out, but it was a horrific experience to live through.
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18points
#14
She was staying with me, as she'd been evicted. I saw her scream and slap the kid, but the final straw came when she threw him. She was mad at him (as parents are sometimes), but she picked him up and threw him on the bed. The kid was about 25 months old. The way he landed, and with such force, she nearly broke his neck. He almost bounced and hit the wall.
I called my dad's wife for advice, since she is a preschool teacher. She said that by telling her this info, the law states she has to report it. (Educators are required to report potential a***e and neglect.) she advised I call since it would be a first person account, rather than third person from her. It turns out, this wasn't the first time she'd been called on. The kid's dad called because she was giving the kid whiskey to get him to sleep when he had his teeth come in. She got a warning that time. This time, however, she got the kid taken away. I kicked her out before then, but found out thru the dad.
I know she loved her son very much. I never doubted her devotion. But she had anger issues, and also grew up in a family that thought belting your kid was A-OK. She said I didn't understand, since I wasn't a parent. Yeah, I don't understand it all, bit I sure as hell know you don't slap your toddler in the face when he cries. She assumed I was a "hands off" person, who thinks spanking is evil. No. a swat on the b**t is fine, but full-on a***e, under my roof, was not gonna fly.
I lost a very long friendship, but I would do it all over again. Don't regret a thing.
I called my dad's wife for advice, since she is a preschool teacher. She said that by telling her this info, the law states she has to report it. (Educators are required to report potential a***e and neglect.) she advised I call since it would be a first person account, rather than third person from her. It turns out, this wasn't the first time she'd been called on. The kid's dad called because she was giving the kid whiskey to get him to sleep when he had his teeth come in. She got a warning that time. This time, however, she got the kid taken away. I kicked her out before then, but found out thru the dad.
I know she loved her son very much. I never doubted her devotion. But she had anger issues, and also grew up in a family that thought belting your kid was A-OK. She said I didn't understand, since I wasn't a parent. Yeah, I don't understand it all, bit I sure as hell know you don't slap your toddler in the face when he cries. She assumed I was a "hands off" person, who thinks spanking is evil. No. a swat on the b**t is fine, but full-on a***e, under my roof, was not gonna fly.
I lost a very long friendship, but I would do it all over again. Don't regret a thing.
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17points
#15
My mom used to do daycare from our house. There was a 4 year old whose parents were separated. When he was with his dad he would be dropped off clean and dressed, but when his mom dropped him off he was in pjs and hadn't eaten. One day in the dead of winter she dropped him off without a jacket, we had to roll up the sleeves on one of mine so he wouldn't freeze.
I started noticing bruises, but kids sometimes play rough. One day he had a particularly bad one and I asked about it. He told me Chris(his mom's boyfriend) had gotten angry. After prodding a bit more I found out that Chris had pushed him down the front steps. I asked if Chris ever hits him and he shyly told me yes. I informed his mother when she picked him up that evening and she told me he made it up and had just slipped and fallen down the steps. It was an obvious lie.
My mom called CPS and they investigated. It turns out that Chris had a history of violence. The boy's father was given full custody. Shortly later Chris went to jail for something and the mom won back partial custody. The boy is a lot older now and actually just stopped by my mom's house last month to thank her for teaching him how to read because it's one of his favorite things now. She says he seems to be doing really well.
I started noticing bruises, but kids sometimes play rough. One day he had a particularly bad one and I asked about it. He told me Chris(his mom's boyfriend) had gotten angry. After prodding a bit more I found out that Chris had pushed him down the front steps. I asked if Chris ever hits him and he shyly told me yes. I informed his mother when she picked him up that evening and she told me he made it up and had just slipped and fallen down the steps. It was an obvious lie.
My mom called CPS and they investigated. It turns out that Chris had a history of violence. The boy's father was given full custody. Shortly later Chris went to jail for something and the mom won back partial custody. The boy is a lot older now and actually just stopped by my mom's house last month to thank her for teaching him how to read because it's one of his favorite things now. She says he seems to be doing really well.
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16points
#16
My cousin and her five year old daughter stayed with me for a little while. She was often verbally a*****e and neglected basic parenting responsibilities. One night I was really irritated that the two of them hadn't come home yet. It was 9pm and I knew I'd need to help her daughter with her homework, probably feed her dinner, and get her ready for bed. I did all these things because, like I said, my cousin sucks. When they finally got home, the little girl ran right up to me and screams "We were late because the line at the store was long!". Children are horrible liars. The following morning I was taking her to school and prodded a little because something was obviously up. Come to find out the poor girl was left in the car the day before while my cousin was in the mall shopping for toys. Not toys for her daughter, but toys for her grown boyfriend who was in his forties. She told me she was scared and that she was in the car for so long that she fell asleep when the sun was out and woke up when it was dark. I dropped her off at the school and spent a good 20 minutes on the parking lot trying to stop myself from shaking so violently so that I could pick up my phone and make the call. As it turned out, the school had already made calls to CPS in the past and a case had already been open on my cousin.
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16points
#17
I called on my sister, she has a history of [illegal substances] use. Her son had witnessed her be [sexually assaulted] and beaten severely on several occasions. She cleaned up for a bit, that's how we heard about all of the nasty circumstances. When I found out she was back at it with the same people I called immediately. She hates me, and some of the family doesn't care for me either. When she found out what I did she was furious and asked why I did that to her. All I had to say was when she had that baby life was no longer about her.
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16points
#18
I called cps on my mother several times. They never did anything because she usually talked her way out of it. Even when one sister had a sprained ankle, one had a bruise across her whole face, and we all missed too many days. And every time, she found out from them that I called. GA is the only state I've lived in that "does anything".
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15points
#19
I called the CPS on my then-girlfriend when I first came over to her place. She had two kids, both of whom were terrified of me when I arrived.
Her solution? Beat the [hell] out of them and send them to their room until the date is over.
Her solution? Beat the [hell] out of them and send them to their room until the date is over.
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15points
#20
My mom called CPS on my aunt immediately after she'd called to tell her about finding out her (my aunt) husband inappropriately touched their 7 year old daughter. My aunt had promised to call the police, but my mom knows her pretty well.
The police were going to arrest my aunt for neglect because she wasn't the one to report it, but my mom convinced them not to because at the time my mom was a social worker, so technically it was still reported to the right person.
My aunt's husband is now in prison (it came out that he also molested his two daughters from a previous marriage) and my aunt has gone off the rails. My mom doesn't regret it for a second. She just regrets that she had to be the one to do it.
The police were going to arrest my aunt for neglect because she wasn't the one to report it, but my mom convinced them not to because at the time my mom was a social worker, so technically it was still reported to the right person.
My aunt's husband is now in prison (it came out that he also molested his two daughters from a previous marriage) and my aunt has gone off the rails. My mom doesn't regret it for a second. She just regrets that she had to be the one to do it.
14points