She didn’t want to compromise on her lifestyle at all, even though her financial reality was changing. But her son didn’t think that it was his responsibility to help her live lavishly. Though he was a high earner himself, he didn’t want to sign up for a lifetime of extra help. His mom wasn’t in dire straits, and didn’t require the help so much as she wanted it. There’s a big difference between one and need, and it’s not the same to be accustomed to a certain kind of lifestyle and to desperately need help from your family. This situation was the former, and the son in the story didn’t think he needed help. Keep waiting to see what happened in this story and see what you would’ve done in his shoes.


