[ikka]

What I never get about these stories is that, once the person can no longer move, it is clear that someone else is feeding him/her. So isn’t the first thing to deal with that person?

[GoSarah]

What I never get about these stories is that, once the person can no longer move, it is clear that someone else is feeding him/her. So isn’t the first thing to deal with that person?

On another message board, there was a woman who came in talking about her mother bedridden to obesity. I had no reason to doubt her authenticity. After some questions from posters, it became clear that it was a combination of 2 things:

1. Manipulativeness on the bedridden mom's part. There are many people involved in taking care of her and she played them all like a violin. Heck, the *camera crew* on one of these TLC shows got caught sneaking food in to the bedridden person.

2. No excess of love of the bedridden mom's part. She was a nasty, vile, entitled, demanding person, so it was easier to just throw her Oreos than to listen to her all day long.