Young woman plans Europe trip despite boyfriends dying mother: Might be faking

A personal drama has gone viral online as a young woman reached out to others for help in navigating her sticky travel situation.After a great deal of back and forth, she said she’s now “refusing to help my boyfriend’s dying mother while planning a trip to Europe” — and wondered what others thought.Fox News Digital reached out to a clinical psychologist for insight as people on Reddit weighed in on the drama.Describing herself as 25 years old, the woman said she lives with her boyfriend — and about a month ago, his mom “began claiming she’s dying of cancer, but no diagnosis has been confirmed.Every hospital visit ends with her being sent home.

A nurse even [said] she might be faking,” the woman wrote.The mother asked to “stay one night” at the couple’s small apartment, which “turned into a week of chaos,” said the young woman. “The apartment smelled awful, everything had to be dark and silent, and she constantly demanded help,” the woman wrote. Then the mother “suggested we move in with her, an hour from our jobs/school.”The young woman said she’s a full-time student currently holding two jobs, and she began “falling behind.” Stay up on the very latest with Evening Update.Please provide a valid email address.

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Her boyfriend changed his full-time job to a fully remote position so he could care for his mother, the young woman added.The health updates “were always shifting,” however, she said.“MRI, canceled surgery, then chemo postponed due to infection, then E.

coli.Always a new reason.

No clear diagnosis or paperwork,” she continued.The young woman then described a scenario in which “we were supposed to take her to the ER … but we ended up staying 16 hours [at the mother’s home] doing chores.I folded 420 clothing items, cleaned the whole house, and felt like her unp...