Entitled Mom Demands Expensive Gifts From Her 4 Children As Thanks For Giving Birth To Them Every Year On Their Birthdays

The mom got a brandnew MacBook while the celebrant got clothes and kitchenware

Chelsi

• Published in Interesting
• March 3, 2022

It's not a shocking fact that OP (original poster) is not the a**hole in this situation. OP is 25 years old and the eldest among her three siblings aged between 10 to 18 years old.

Even when they were young, the kids were expected to give their mom a gift annually on their birthday as a way of thanking her for carrying and birthing them. If one of her siblings were celebrating their birthday, OP is also required to gift their mom something.

So she receives 4 gifts on each of her children's birthdays plus one from her husband. Now that they are more grown-up, OP is doubting if their birthdays are really for them or if they really are a celebration of their mother.

Oh, and the more grown-up the siblings have become, the more expensive the gift gets. Their mom does not accept hand-made gifts from her adult children, she expects them to go all out for her birthing gift.

The prime example of this unfair tradition happened recently on OP's birthday. She received clothes and some much-needed dishware for her new apartment which she highly appreciated.

Meanwhile, their mom who gave birth to OP 25 years ago, received a brand new MacBook from their father. All the other siblings followed suit and gave their mom her gifts.

OP's 2 teenage siblings are both working and were expected to gift mom something pricey. Before the party, OP's 16-year-old sister talked to her to apologize for not getting her a sweater, which OP loved, instead of something nicer.

It turns out, the teenage girl had to spend $300 on a necklace their mother was heavily hinting at. She had to get it because she knew their mom would feel insulted if she bought her something she didn't want.

OP absolutely lost it during her party after her mom finished opening all of her expensive presents after OP. Their mom started to cry and the dad kicked OP out of her own party.

The entitled mother is now refusing to talk to OP but she's posting on her Facebook account.

She's reposting quotes about letting go of toxicity from your life, how blood does not mean family, and the challenges of being a mother. The mother's sister is doing all the talking for her.

She has been calling OP to tell her that she's a piece of sh*t for disrespecting her mother and how OP is a selfish, narcissistic child for being jealous of all the presents her mom received. The mom's side of the family are all ganging up on OP and she is now kind of convinced she was wrong.

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A lot of Redditors were shocked but curious about OP's family traditions and asked her a lot of questions

Apparently, this is not the only event their family spends the big bucks on

It's just good manners to give your mom a gift for pushing you out of her loins. Barf.

If she tries hard enough she can make an argument for birthing America during the 4th of July.

Why can't they just pass down recipe books like regular families?

It's a learned behavior

OP elaborated on her mom's gift giving ways

Maybe it's a cultural thing that we are not privy to

OP is caucasian and this is not a typical tradition

Mom definitely framed herself as the victim in this situation

She talked to them first and had the chance to share only her side of the story and of course the aunt will be on her side if she does this silly tradition as well

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OP's other siblings will get older soon enough and realize how messed up this is

It's unreasonable and rude to demand a $300 gift from someone

Why is the dad going along with this? Is he making up for something?

The mother is the ~main character~ in everyone's life

Parents: do not be like this

Right? Kids should get gifts during Mother's Day...

... she won't be a mom without them

After reading OP's answer that the mom does not give presents to her own mother during her birthday, Reddit has come to the conclusion that she is a hypocrite

OP needed to know that she does not owe her mom anything for giving birth to her

That was the only thing she was right about

It's time for OP to share her side of the story on her own Facebook account and rightfully call her mother out

They really do and OP's mom is a prime example

Especially after 25 years, your children's birthday is not about you at all

Poor kids didn't choose to have her as a mother but she chose to have them

After Reddit talked some sense into her, OP finally realized she needed A LOT of therapy

This story is the first chapter of the what-not-to-do in a parenting book. Not to be an armchair psychologist but the mom sounds like a complete narcissist.

Even though it took OP 25 years to stand up for herself, it's better late than never. Fortunately, her siblings will soon be old enough to realize what OP did but that poor 10-year-old will have to work 2 jobs by the time he's a teenager to buy mom expensive presents yearly.

Chelsi