Ok well I'll get straight to the point... my mother gave me like $20K back in 2004.. i think i told my spouse my mother gave me the money but don't really remember..

about a year and half ago i told my spouse i needed to start paying her back like $300 per month...but my spouse said they didn't even know i owed my mother the money... and that it was before we were married so my spouse doesn't want to pay her back (i think we were married when this happened).. my spouse also said how do i know you're telling the truth... so basically my spouse wanted to divorce before I paid back my mother...

well it has been a while, but why in the world would i lie about owing my mother money when i know it would get my spouse upset...

anyways... i feel obligated to pay my mother back even though my mother says don't worry about it... how can I just not worry about paying back my mother $20K??....


so now a year and half later i am starting to think about paying my mom back the money again...so my question to you guys... What should I do?  Am I wrong to pay my mother back?  This is just getting crazy... i want to do the right thing here no matter what the circumstance is... Thank you for reading and any suggestions would be grateful.