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Comment ID #217602
Tomatoes for Mrs Michaels mom
Kauphy
Comment ID #217603
Treated like a true Middle Child
Blaster824
Comment ID #217604
Haley 100% stealing that breakfast
Fiver
Comment ID #217605
And she’s still gonna be surprised when Haley moves out and stops talking to her
Paprika
Comment ID #217606
Damn, Haley deserves more :c
OneTrickDanny
Comment ID #217607
TFW your mom perpetuates a misogynistic worldview by making you take on the mental load for both your brothers
Snowstar837
Comment ID #217608
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
Red Miso
Comment ID #217609
In all fairness she’s basically Chris’s parent. But sure, let’s shame her for not mothering him AND Michael smh
Kauphy
Comment ID #217610
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
Addystar
Comment ID #217611
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.
Crossbreeze
Comment ID #217612
This one is going to leave a lot of y’all BARE. Lol
justin ODell
Comment ID #217613
There was definitely a better way to explain this mom
M.L. Scotland
Comment ID #217614
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
SomeColourMage
Comment ID #217615
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
Zambies
Comment ID #217616
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
Antares
Comment ID #217617
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.
Boss
Comment ID #217618
Aww crap. There’s no winning for anyone here D:
esinololly
Comment ID #217619
Now Haley knows how Helga feels.
SCD
Comment ID #217620
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
Comment ID #217621
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?
Kiall Vun Myeret
Comment ID #217622
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
WitchDoll