[Wendy645]

This hit me, too. I've never been pregnant but my mom was sent to a maternity home when she found out (4 months in!) that she was pregnant with my older brother. Until she could be sent to the home, the family made her enter the house through the back (servant's) door, and she was not allowed to attend church with them, nor was she spoken of, even in their own home!

When she was sent away, they told everyone that she was visiting her aunt in the next state over. Odd nobody asked (or if they did, it never got passed on to us) why it was during school and for 5 months.

She was not allowed to call any of her friends, and if she wrote, she was strictly ordered (and this was upheld by the home) that she sent all of her letters to her aunt, who would postmark them from Arizona and send them along. Now THAT'S going the distance to keep the charade up!

I feel disgusted by my family that they would treat my mother like they did. They were a society family, you see, and they couldn't have anything reflecting badly on the name. *rolls eyes*

I was really disappointed with the advice given back to WORRIED. I wish she would have made it clear that no matter what they say they're doing to avoid "demonizing" their older daughter, the fact is they are! UGH!

[Janeytwo]

Dear Paige,

I think the woman's use of the term "demonizing" to describe her daugher speaks volumes about her.

This letter is tragic and so is the woman who wrote it.

Janeytwo