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The mom said she spent years financially supporting her adult son, including buying him a fishing boat and covering living expenses

Despite launching a new business, she said he still wasn’t helping with bills or repaying what he owed

Facing health issues and rising debt, she wondered if cutting him off made her “the bad guy”

A mom sought advice from the Reddit community after realizing her financial support for her adult son had spiraled far beyond what she could handle.

She explained in her post that the trouble began several years earlier when her son moved in after his daughter was born, writing that she had paid for “literally everything” while he tried to establish himself as a fisherman.

She described using her own savings to buy him a boat and cover the many co

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