My family mocked our adopted son at thanksgiving… until my husband stood up.

You knew how they treated and talked about him ,but you took him there anyway. Sounds like you werent to concerned about your child. Not only did you go where he wasnt welcomed but you stayed.

Grandma has loved him since the beggining of learning he was worth a lot of money ..Samee with Aunt

I agree they should have left. I hate that they would treat a little child like that. 😢

I wouldn't have gone over there, knowing how they treated him differently.

"Hmmmm...These people treat my son like garbage, but let's take him over anyway! That'll be very enriching for him. He will learn about love, kindness, and respect. Yep. That's what I'll do! I know they insult him continuously, but it'll still be good."
🤷🤦 Who? Why? I just never understand in these stories how the parents continue to subject their children to abusive people/situations. (Yes, I get it's fictional, but this crap really happens.)

What about Ethan he didn't do a thing all because of his grandmother and his mother he got bullied by classmates at school

Why did they put up with it for so long

Michael never should have revealed that Lucas inherited $35 billion. He could have just said, “More money than you’ll ever see in your life.” or “$100,000”.
Now Emily & Michael need to get wills & have legal documents ensuring neither grannydearest nor sissypoo,can ever claim rights to have POA or guardianship over them or Lucas. should something happen. Lucas’ school should also be alerted not to let those two near him.

Even though we can't pick our family members, we as individuals who are taught at a very young age about common sense, proper manners and treating others the very same way as we need/want to be treated in return shouldn't accept negative treatment of each other.

If I was the parent of the child that was being treated unfairly, i would pack up my things and never return.

Unfortunately I had to do this with my family because my daughter's special needs and has been bullied by family members daily, so to teach my family a life lesson by the magnitude of their negative acts, behavior and words towards my daughter, i made the decision to avoid all family functions.

As the saying goes: "Actions Speak Louder Than Words"

Mocking a child—your child—at Thanksgiving says more about them than him. But the moment your husband stood up? That’s when real family showed up. Blood may be thicker, but love speaks louder.

Grandma being religious explains everything about her. She only follows god when it suits her. No hate quite like Christian "love"

I'm wondering how the community got to know what happened at the dinner, there was no outsider there just the five of them.

I don't understand why you didn't leave as soon as your mother made those horrible remarks

Never Subject a child to such blatant hate.

I’d be walking out the door! No way would I tolerate this dramatic change in behavior after they find out about the inheritance 😡

The people in this story are simply ugly to the core. In real life most adoptive parents would have immediately gotten their child out of there instead of repeatedly exposing him to such horrid comments.

Yeah now they want his money lmao smart kid not a dime

People are very odd. This old woman probably gives money, clothes, dishes, bric-a-brac, etc to charity - in effect to people she doesn't know. But a little child who's lost his parents and been taken in by her own daughter, needing love and caring which is free to give - this is too expensive for her. We had a child born to the wife of a relative (but fathered by another man) who was accepted by everyone because to our grandmother the more grandchildren the better.