>The woman in Tulsa, who identified herself only as Carrie, said she had been fighting cancer and was estranged from her daughter, who has refused to let her see her granddaughter even though both live close by.
>“I really thought the feeling would go away, but my heart is so broken,” she said in an email. She posted the ad on Dec. 11, then went to her granddaughter’s dance studio and sat outside, hoping to catch a peek of her through the window.
interesting that this is sprinkled in there, this is super weird boundary breaking behavior. I wonder if its related to why they no longer talk.
>In the end, Carrie said she decided to spend Christmas with friends.
Wait, all this time she had friends to spend time with? Honestly this seems more like her complaining about her estrangement from her family, than it does about being lonely.
I bet the estranged daughter's story would read a lot differently, and would love to read it.
This is a pretty clear case of stalking.
When children cut the connection to their parents, it is super easy to side with the poor mother. However, people tend to ignore that the pressure for the children must have been quite high to go to such an extend. This makes me sad, since I know how it feels if your parents dont respect boundaries.
A desperate, lonely person, facing mortality, does what they can to see people she loves but isn't allowed to visit due to estrangement? That's "super weird" to you?
it does point to a pattern. Both me and the rest of my real family don't talk to our bio families anymore and this kind of stalking behavior is something I'd expect out of one of one of those boomer assholes! objectively its super weird though, and also not strictly legal.
>“I really thought the feeling would go away, but my heart is so broken,” she said in an email. She posted the ad on Dec. 11, then went to her granddaughter’s dance studio and sat outside, hoping to catch a peek of her through the window.
interesting that this is sprinkled in there, this is super weird boundary breaking behavior. I wonder if its related to why they no longer talk.