AITA for telling my mom I’m not gonna be her second choice just because my brother d*ed?
From the very beginning, his relationship with his mother was fractured, marked by absence and growing distance.
Childhood memories blurred into missed birthdays and silent phone calls, as his mother’s new life with her husband and their son created a barrier he couldn't cross.
Years later, the fragile thread that once connected them frayed even further with the devastating news of his half-brother’s death.
A storm of grief and silence enveloped him, leaving him haunted by the question of whether reaching out to his mother could heal the wounds or deepen the chasm between them.
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The original poster (OP) is struggling with deep-seated feelings of abandonment stemming from years of inconsistent contact from their mother, which intensified after she started a new family.
The recent tragic death of the OP's half-brother has prompted the mother to suddenly seek reconciliation, which the OP interprets as a desperate attempt to fill a void rather than genuine remorse for past neglect.
Given the history of absence and the timing of the recent outreach, is the OP justified in refusing an immediate reconciliation, viewing the mother's sudden interest as conditional upon the loss of her other child, or was the OP's response too harsh given the mother's current grief?
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