Melissa Ede hasn’t exactly had an easy life. The 57-year-old cab driver’s adult children, ages 19 to 39, completely disowned her when she transitioned into a woman, going so far as to change their last names to avoid any association with her. Her parents also rejected her.
“They cut me out of their lives,” Ede tells The Sun. “They weren’t there during my hardest times and rejected me.”
Well, sorry suckers! Mama just won the lottery and you’re not getting a dime!
Ede’s life changed forever last week when she won £4million ($5.4 million) on a scratch-off lottery ticket purchased at a gas station, and she says she won’t be sharing any of it with her transphobic kids.
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“I don’t want false love off them because I’ve got money now,” Ede says.
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Instead, she plans on spending her riches on a new house, a new car, and a lavish wedding to her girlfriend. Oh, and a new set of teeth. She’s been wanting one of those for a while.
Ede tells The Sun she only plans on sharing her newfound wealth with “the people who have stood by me through thick and thin.”
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Sometimes kids just have to learn the hard way.
A little something for my haters 😂😂😚
Posted by Melissa Ede on Friday, May 12, 2017
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RIGay
Brava!!!!
Cai
Hopefully she remembers to update her will and testament that none of her kids or other related haters gets any of that money once she passes on!
Jbaltes
Good for her—and here’s hoping that she doesn’t “give in” in the future. Some relationships are toxic—and should be avoided at all costs for self-preservation. These pieces of detritus should all get what they deserve—absolutely NOTHING!
He BGB
No love lost PLUS she has $5 million now! I like the middle finger in the photo! Go girl!
CanadianGuy62
Don’t be surprised if you’re reading her obit soon. Money does very strange things to people – even more so when they’re pissed off!
I don’t wish her any ill will whatsoever – and totally agree with her stance – but I’m just saying…beware.
Ummmm Yeah
He probably abandoned his kids along time ago. That’s common for them and why so many of their kids don’t like them.
rand503
What? do you have any evidence for your outreageous speculation? Or is your hate towards trans people so great you just assume the worse?
Goforit
Ummmm Yeah. You are a complete waste of oxygen. Please die and let a real human being have your wasted breath of life.
Notright
Can’t say I’ve ever heard that one before. Usually it’s the other way around
paul dorian lord fredine
you’re a jackass and a troll. go find a different feeding spot.
blitzkid84
Bravo to those kids for being smart enough to realize that their FATHER isn’t a woman just because he starts playing dress up and personally identifying as one and not buy into this modern day lgbt++×@$%=÷ gender garbage.
Creamsicle
Out of curiosity, what makes you visit Queerty? They have an agenda and they’re not about to stop or apologize for it. You’re not going to change any minds. Is this just fun for you?
Danny595
According to his kids, he walked out on them. They never objected to his being transgender, but they did object to his bizarre topless dances on Youtube. It’s sort of pathetic that a bunch of gay and bi guys feel any kind of kinship with this selfish, troubled heterosexual male who dumped his family. But that is exactly what “LGBT” was intended to do – conjure a false sense of obligation by LGBs to transgenders.
DarkZephyr
Well I certainly feel a lot more kinship with trans people than I do with awful people like you.
DarkZephyr
Bigot.
Goforit
blitzkid84 and Danny595: Read my comment above and replace Ummm Yeah’s name with your own.
blitzkid84
Fun fact: Trans “women” are MEN!
SiamSam
Yep. Mental illness should be diagnosed and treated with compassion and understanding, but not normalized or glorified. This confused individual is not a woman, infant, giraffe, tree or anything other than an adult male human. Excuse my “hate facts.”
Louis
SiamSiam nothing you wrote was even close to being a FACT it was just ignorance and intolerance as is usual when it comes to certain LGBT people in this country.
Your self hatred and self loathing is your own issue you have no right to condemn and dehumanize trans americans simply because you yourself are uneducated and intolerant regarding their community.
I adore this community they have NEVER been afraid to be exactly who they are and live their authentic truths to me that is truly inspiring and brave.
To you though it is clear that their equal humanity means nothing to you.
Your attitude of insensitivity and privilege speaks for itself you a GAY MAN espousing intolerance against another sect of americans and a part of our big multicultural and diverse family the LGBT FAMILY.
If people were discriminating against you for being gay you’d be fired up but since it is a transgender american self righteous hypocrites like you think you can actually justify YOUR EQUAL INTOLERANCES against them.
People like you are no better then any other ignorant and uneducated right winger in this country.
You’re two peas in a truly archaic and embarassing pod I’m afraid.
Bob LaBlah
” Mental illness should be diagnosed and treated with compassion and understanding, but not normalized or glorified.”
I agree. It reminds me of the guy who had two kids and decided he wanted to be a six year old girl, Shirley Temple curls and all. Where as many people felt pity I saw a guy who was trying to get a reality show. Notice you haven’t heard another word about her? It seems hard to believe there isn’t something wrong with a lot of these people in these articles. You won five million dollars but the first thing you do is tell your kids they get nothing says more about you than them to me.
Mykey
I assume because you’re on queerty, you’re a gay man! Calling a trans woman mental doesn’t make you any different if you go with the same argument that the bigots use!
ALLENGRUNDEN
Hi, Being gay is a gift… I recently found out that my ex-Boyfriend who used to love me was put under a love spell by another man. They considered themselves as couples. It really broke me. I was really worried about him as to what could happen to him. I still loved him. We were in a ldr and I couldn’t see him… We still communicated from time to time but he made sure he doesn’t get found out by the man. Idt got frustrating as how he cannot see past the spell! I really wanted him back and also to be safe first and foSremost and be away from that man. I also met Dr. Akim online and he helped me break the blackmagic on him and in 40 hours he called me and begged me to take him back. Akim’s website:https://prayerstosavemarriages.wordpress.com will be much appreciated if you contact him for marriage and relationship problems cos i promised to talk about him all over the internet 🙂
Louis
Bravo darling I would do the exact same thing and I am so truly sorry for how your so called CHILDREN treated you.
No child that refuses to accept their parent their flesh and blood the ones that gave them life deserve any kind of reward much less acknowledgement you do you dear and forget about the petty and spiteful!
Bob LaBlah
Were I her kids I wouldn’t fret none. To even think of revenge is a total waste of time because he/she has already begun it on herself. What goes around come around and in her case I bet it will be some one whom she trusted such as a new boyfriend. An act of such does not make her sound like a loving father even before the transition an her career as a cab driver makes it hard to believe she is highly educated.
draven
Yeah….false love……my mom died 20 months ago. My siblings were horrible to me. They didn’t even call me to help with funeral arrangements. Broke my heart. People always say family is everything….yeah wrong. I love my family but they haven’t been nice to me whereas I’ve been the best to them.
hansniemeijer
She really should get legal advice on her will. In general children get a share unless they are disowned.
girldownunder
I LOVE all of the trolls here. Honestly, you’re more interested in “gay” than gay people! Count-down to your coming out: 3-2-1 (decades, probs).
I just wanted to say this here, as advice to wills:
If you want there to be LESS issues for your recipients, always be sure to list those NOT getting anything: children, siblings, ex’s, etc…& specifically state WHY you are NOT including them. It makes the clear-case & is less able to be contested than if they are not mentioned.
prarie pup
I hardly ever say this but, “You go, girl!” I wouldn’t give ’em a dime, either; not one skinny penny….but I MIGHT leave them a little something in my will if anything is left over.
batesmotel
It’s likely the kids don’t even know about the win if they all haven’t spoken in years anyway. And not usual. If someone wins millions in the lottery, it’s not like they’re going to use it to help those that treated them unkindly.