Who Can Imagine Why Anyone Would Want To Cut This Lovely Mom Out Of Her Life? | Defector

"Laura Wellington is estranged from one of her adult daughters. The Connecticut 59-year-old is somewhat famous for this, in fact, or anyway famous for her response to it. Across Tiktok and Instagram, under the name "Doormat Mom," Wellington's railing against the supposed injustice done to her by a daughter she calls an "ungrateful little bastard" has brought her some 140,000 total followers."

"From the Journal article, a reader can learn that Wellington, who regards herself as a good mom, reportedly initiated the estrangement herself, after learning she wouldn't be invited to her daughter's wedding. You can learn that Wellington, in addition to her dedicated Tiktok and Instagram accounts, also has launched Facebook and YouTube accounts, a podcast, and a self-published book, all themed around the supposed phenomenon of parents being unjustly cut off by their cruel adult children."

"What you can't learn, and something that goes conspicuously untouched in the Journal piece, is how Wellington wound up getting left off her daughter's wedding invite list in the first place, or why that daughter (apparently) has demonstrated no interest in trying to end the estrangement Wellington portrays herself as having initiated. The crux of Wellington's whole deal, across those four dedicated social media accounts, podcast, and self-published book, concerns the supposed unfairness of how that she and other parents are being trea"

Laura Wellington, a 59-year-old Connecticut resident, is estranged from one of her adult daughters and portrays the estrangement as an unjust wrong. She publicly rails under the name 'Doormat Mom' across TikTok and Instagram, amassing about 140,000 followers. Wellington reportedly initiated the estrangement after learning she would not be invited to her daughter's wedding. She has launched Facebook and YouTube accounts, a podcast, and a self-published book centered on parents being cut off by adult children. The reasons for the daughter's exclusion and the daughter's lack of interest in reconciliation remain unexplained.

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