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[quote=Anonymous]One thing that’s helped me is thinking of this through the lens of the law.

Our society has decided to make it very difficult to take away a sane adult’s right to live how they choose, even if it’s unsafe to them. I didn’t set it up that way. But I’d rather live in a world where we intervene a little too late than infringing on the rights of autonomous adults.

OP’s mom has made her choices about how to live. The law supports her mom in making those choices. Competent adults (and I use that term loosely) can decide to live in unsafe conditions. There are even posts on this board where adult kids with loving relationships with their parents are struggling to get their aging parents to make different choices and it always lands in the same place. Adults get to make their own decisions and we don’t compel them to prioritize their own safety.

I’m estranged from my mom and intend to do the same as OP. Let it unfold. I do think it might be hard for me if my mom were to ask directly for my help. Or ask directly to see me. But I doubt it will ever happen so I don’t spend too much time thinking of how I’ll handle it if that happens.[/quote]

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