doctor son throws cleaner mom out of the house
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I didn't read his statement as implying that.
Rather that the son is more an embarrasment for feeling embarrased that his mother is a cleaner.
Sion
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I think it is those in the Healthcare profession that are getting their knickers or egos in a twist over this.
many of us is agains what the son did.
just hope that we (myself included) will not be like him if such situation occurs.
just hope that we (myself included) will not be like him if such situation occurs.
welll the article did state that the sun did not dispute her side of the story
people here are basing their thoughts on what the article is writting without analysis the true facts...
In my younger days, I used to get all worked up and indignant when I see families "dumping" their elderly members into old folk homes and hospitals. Advising family members to care for these old people at home is akin to talking to a brick wall. The families would give all kinds of reasons to get the old folks admitted. Once admitted, the chances of discharging them is abysmal.
Admissions tend to increase over the holiday season. I subsequently found out that family members needed the time off to take a holiday without the encumberance of the said old folk.
As I grew older (and hopefully wiser), and began to spend time understanding the family care-givers, I developed an alternative point of view.
Some of the families have to put all of their members to work in order to earn enough money, leaving nobody at home to care for the elderly. The old are either non-mobile, have cognitive problems, health problems, mixture of all, etc.... Sometimes, care for the elderly can put a BIG strain on the family dynamics.
Now, I'm certainly NOT advocating such behavior. However, let's not be too quick to judge without putting ourselves in their shoes.
Other times, even family members can have disputes despite living under optimal conditions. Such is the nature of things when it comes to human inter-personal relationships....
Sion
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Actually, your wife should come first then your parents as you have gone into a life binding covenant(contract) with her. BUT you should not treat your parents the way this cretin did and not allow your wife to overrule your good sense and compassion.
read this from tnp also. Feel sooo sad for the mum. Hope the son get some retribution together with his wife. :thumbsd:
of course it's a tabloid. and yes, i agree we should not accept 100% of what tabloids tell us. but the principles of the story remain the same
1) the son called the mom "old woman" and admitted during the interview that he chased his mom out
2) the son earns $200,000 a year compared to $1,300 a month for 2 jobs for his mom
3) the wife is a senior HR manager
4) the son chased his mom out the very day that ownership was transferred to him
5) the son said his wife was embarassed when she saw her mother in law cleaning tables in food courts during her lunchtime
6) the son placed his mom's belongings outside her house.
wipe away all the sensationalism that the TNP adds and you are left with these findings of fact.as much as journalists want to sensationalise news, they're not given free rein in singapore unlike that in the states or UK. facts have to remain as facts.
Like I said, these are only what the paper reported.
Papers have been know to make mistakes, sometimes honest ones, other times not so...
We still don't know what the facts are for sure. There could be other issues at hand that we are not privy to.
We should reserve our judgement till we are in possession of all the facts.
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