Originally Posted by
chuff
I'm going to go out on a limb and tell you that she believes you. Your mother is a very lonely woman, it is the one thing in life she fears more then anything. She fears it so much that she's willing to put up with abuse of her children so she doesn't have to face the loneliness of being by herself.
My guess is, if he beats you and your sister, he's beating her as well. Has she ever told him what you have said. The reason I ask is, because if I was dating a woman, and her children made up stories about me, as your mother is claiming, that is the moment I would end the relationship. To your mom, it doesn't even strike her as odd, that a guy would stick around with these kind of allegations, so therefore, in my opinion, she must really know but be afraid to admit it.