Look, we’ve all heard tales of immigration fraud and second families.

But in this story, the victim seems blind to the scam.

Let’s uncover the truth here.

AITA for telling my mom she is nothing but a mistress.

Backstory: my dad has been dead for almost 4 years.

Significant age difference (he was 18 years older) so my mom was a caregiver for the last 5 years. She is now early 60s.

She started “seeing” a man that she met through FB dating while my dad was still alive.

Fast forward.

Sounds sad but maybe there’s a happy ending?

Her and let’s call him Bob are “together.” Bob is from another country, but has PR in Canada. They dated for 6 months, and then he moved in with my mom.

He has significant health issues and so has not been working. She has been the sole financial provider, and he has not had a drivers license etc.

He then brought his FAMILY over from another country which included: WIFE and three older children. My mom knew about this, but claimed they had been separated for years and there was nothing romantic.

Ummmmm. Well if there’s nothing romantic, Bob’s gonna keep living with OP’s mom, right?

Bob brings his family here, and moves out from my mom’s house into an apartment with wife and children to help them “settle.” Kept telling my mom it would only be a few months.

It has now almost been a full year.

Pretty sus if you ask me. Will OP’s mother see reason?

To complicate matters, they opened a store together in the local mall. Selling wares from his home country.

I don’t believe it’s exceptionally profitable, and now my mom who has a full time job and should be retiring is spending many evenings and weekends running the store while he is with his family.

They all do multiple activities together, but he immediately stopped showing any affection towards my mom (which was minimal to begin with) as soon as the wife moved to Canada.

Oh man. So this guy is literally a mother… you-know-what.

I basically said, in a baffled state, enough is enough.

This isn’t a relationship and told her she was nothing but a known mistress who his wife is tolerant enough of to keep around as a cash cow.

Yeah I’d be baffled too.

AITA?

Do I just let it go and let her live in this delusional state? I’m worried it’s going to have some serious financial, emotional, and mental consequences.

Is this mother in a throuple?

What do the comments think about this modern family?

One person says, what’s up with the late father?

Another person says, seek help.

This person also suggests legal counsel.

Another poster has a semantics issue.

And this user is like, maybe you could have been more tactful.

Nobody wants their mom to be a side chick.

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