In my opinion, Margaret lets her children do whatever they want as adults. I think she supports them blindly and doesnāt intervene if she feels like something is wrong (obviously this is just an assumption). Also she definitely has experienced her own share of trauma in her life. If I remember correctly her brother died in a plane crash in May of 2008 and then her husband Eduardo died from cancer in December of 2008. Does anyone know how long Eduardo was sick with cancer before he passed away? Some people never move on from that level of heartache, maybe it explains why she seems cold and distant. I have been following them since I was 14 so I definitely remember this being mentioned.
Yeah. I also think her brother was her twin or very close in age. She also had to support her mother going through this. Also, letās remember she married an older gentleman who most than likely manipulated the crap out of her. If you look at photos, she was very pretty somehow ādolled upā until she married him. After that, she started gaining weight, did that strange haircut that doesnāt suit her at all and just seems strange in every photo. Like, you can tell she doesnāt feel good about herself. Also, as someone also mentioned, all her girls are trying their best not to look like her, all of them have mental problems and Anna mentioned she realised her father was the villain, while trying to recover. I actually think itās something the therapist she tried to use uncovered and that is when she stopped going to therapy. I think their father manipulated all of them an probably humiliated their mother in front of them a lot. They knew he couldnāt do that because of who she was personality or intelligence wise, so they assumed it was because of the way she looked. That is also, I think, why at least two of them didnāt pursue a higher education and why Anna is trying to play dumb and doesnāt see the point in educating her kids. She saw that it didnāt matter for her mum at all, it was all about the looks. Might be why she allows Eduardo to go through it all, as she always thought he was/resembled her dad. The therapy moment Iām talking about was whe E2 stopped being the Italian soon to be stud and became the pale, neglected, black around the eyes kid we see today. All in all, to finish off where I began, Margaret was left to mourn a brother and a husband, while having to take care of herself, her mother, 3 daughters and the house. Not to mention I think she took care of her mother until her last days. Itās hard and itās a lot. Maybe her love language is support no matter what or maybe sheās afraid sheāll lose them, too, if she tries to do anything. Personally, I wouldnāt dare to do something if it were my family, based on some videos that she probably still sees, like all of us once did, in a warm light. I needed my eyes to be opened by you guys so to see and recognise the signs in this family and maybe Margaret does, too. And even if she senses some things, I still think itās really hard to go after your family like that. What could happen? She could end up raising all 4 children, if they lose their rights? I wouldnāt be able to take that on at her age. Would the kids be split between J&Aās families? Who would she choose and how could she choose? Would they go into foster care? How can she be sure it would actually be better for them than staying in the Grey Mansion? I know foster care is far from where it used to be, but still, itās hard to wish that on any child who isnāt severely abused. Going from hime to home, being abused even more, being utterly alone and away from what you knew to be lifeā¦How could she ever look them in the eyes if theyād come back after foster care and say āwhy did you do this to us? We were happyā¦maybe traumatised, but which child isnāt, but at least we were togetherā. Itās very hard for a grandmother to think like that and to accept that her own daughter would allow her kids to be hurt. She is an old woman, who might have her flaws, but, despite Anna, she has actually achieved something in this life, went through some really bad things and might honestly be tired.