Love, Money, and the Lies We Tell

💔 Love, Money, and the Lies We Tell 💔

There’s something I’ve been stewing over ever since hearing about Robert Munsch’s *Love You Forever* and his choice to pursue MAID. On paper, his books celebrate endless, unconditional love—a mother singing a lullaby to her son through every stage of life. ❤️ Heartwarming, right? But the truth is, it’s all built on lies. ❌

I am so glad I never bought his books. I always felt there was something off, a subtle disconnect between the sweetness of the story and the reality it pretends to reflect. And now it makes sense. While the pages promise eternal love, his actions show something else entirely. The love he celebrates isn’t something he truly lived—or believed in.

It’s also worth remembering the tragedy of his life. He spoke publicly about struggling with bipolar disorder and drug use, and much of that stemmed from the unimaginable grief of losing two stillborn children. 💔 It seems his coping strategies may have included alcohol and other substances, a response to trauma that he didn’t fully know how to process. And now, more than 20 years later, society is offering MAID as a solution to his suffering. 😢 This is a stark lesson about how grief, addiction, and human pain are treated: instead of support, care, and understanding, the message becomes, “If life is too hard, you can just be removed.” 💀

It makes me think about the dangerous messages we send to people suffering from addiction, Alzheimer’s, or chronic illness. When some doctor quietly offers MAID, suggesting you’re a burden and it’s “better” to be gone, what are we really saying? 💀 That a person’s life is only valuable if they are convenient, healthy, or wealthy? That love can be measured in utility or comfort rather than being unconditional? 💔

Doctors who do this are playing God. 😡 They are making decisions about the worth of a human life based on convenience, money, or discomfort. That is not love. That is cruelty.

We tell children, “You’ll always be loved,” and yet we see a world where the vulnerable are often told—implicitly or explicitly—that they are a burden. We tell adults, “Love conquers all,” while quietly letting greed, selfishness, and convenience dictate who gets care, who gets help, and who is left behind. 💔

There’s a hypocrisy here that burns. 🔥 The stories we consume teach us a fantasy of love, but the world doesn’t operate that way. And it’s infuriating. Because it isn’t just a story—it’s a lie we grow up believing, and we carry it into adulthood, only to be disappointed by reality.

We need to be honest. We need to recognize the pain caused by pretending that love and life are only worthwhile if convenient. Addiction, illness, dementia—these are not reasons to quietly end someone’s life. They are reasons to care harder, love deeper, and demand a society that supports all of its people, not just the wealthy or able-bodied. 💚

Love is not a fairy tale. ✨ It’s messy. It’s demanding. It’s human. And pretending otherwise doesn’t protect anyone—it just teaches us to accept hypocrisy.

Let’s stop lying. Let’s teach a new kind of love—grounded, responsible, and truly caring, even when life is hard. 💪

—Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita 💖