Valentine’s is known in most places as the day to shower your romantic partner with love and attention, be it a fancy dinner or a handmade card (it’s the thought that counts, after all). That’s why it’s rarely celebrated with family members.
But after the unexpected death of his stepdad, this redditor had to choose whether to spend Valentine’s with his girlfriend or his mother. His decision left one of the two quite unhappy and the OP himself wondering if he was a jerk in the situation.
Parents might turn to their adult children for support in difficult times
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This man had to choose between his girlfriend and his grieving mother to spend Valentine’s with
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The OP provided more details about the relationship with his mother in the comments
Fellow redditors believed he was a jerk in the situation in regards to his girlfriend
Some people, however, saw where the OP was coming from
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