Today, my mother found out I published a book. She demanded that I pay her all my royalties as repayment for her raising me. FML
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Today, I found out my mom has notebooks with lists of everything she has bought for me ever since I was born. Apparently she is going to make me pay her back for all the money she spent on me once I'm an adult. FML
Today, I told my mom I wasn't doing very good mentally and I was looking for some support. She decided to remind me of all of the things I still haven't paid her back for. I'm now an unpaid loan, not her daughter. FML
Today, after months of helping my mother with bills because she claimed she had no money, I found out she makes way more than what I do. She just wanted my money for alcohol and drugs. FML
Today, my mom yelled at me because I refused to lend her money. The reason I won't lend her money? The last time I did, she and my dad went out and bought a Macbook and a new car instead of paying bills. Apparently, I'm being 'selfish' by keeping my own money and putting it towards university. FML
Today, I discovered that my mother has been stealing from me to cover her mountain of debt. I’m barely making ends meet as it is. When I confronted her, she had the gall to suggest I get a second job to support her. FML
Today, my mom cleaned out my bank account, saying my "no-good dad" owes her child support and that she'll get it one way or another. FML
Today, I finally confronted my mom for robbing me of my inheritance from my dad. Apparently she was justified in taking it because she "needed it to raise me" and "to keep a roof over our heads" as I was growing up. As a result, I'm an adult with no nest egg whatsoever. FML
Today, I found out that the $200 I reluctantly gave to my mother so she could rent a house was paid to a scammer. Now she wants to live with me, in my one bedroom apartment. FML
Today, I found out my mom took around $2,500 from my savings account to pay off my sister's college tuition. She recently flunked out of her studies and won't be returning to college anyway. FML
Today, my mom's will was read to the rest of the family. I helped my mom write it a couple years ago, and I was to get funds to pay off school loans. She revised it and put in a note saying I was to get nothing because I was "lazy." The executor read it out loud. FML
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C0deJunk1e 23
Tell her to write her own book.
l4urenz 23
Sounds like she's a bitch!
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Comments (92)
MonstreBelle 29
OP, you should follow up and post the title of your book. I would definitely be interested in contributing to those royalties and it appears others in the comments would be too. Although there is one condition: you don't give her a cent of the royalties she's demanding. You worked hard and earned it, she didn't
Ogechi 10
Sucky shit some mum's say
LavenderCrow 12
I'm sorry OP. :( Your mom sounds like a narcissistic parent. She made the choice to have you, and her saying that you "owe" her for her decision is petty. Don't give her anything! She'll only demand more. :/
D4GA 0
I think it makes a difference whether or not the child is still living at home and "freeloading." If the child is taking money from the mother on a regular basis, "but I just have to buy ____", I could understand the mother being upset about hidden income. Different story if she lives alone.
Etweens96 25
That's seriously messed up! Make her publish her own book. Otherwise congratulations on getting your book published! Let us know the title so we can all buy a copy!
Rintarok5 29
She can't make you, so don't worry too much
NYGiants1925 22
Tell her you'll repay her when by sticking her in a retirement home
igg125 30
I thought parenting was free?
vikky538 29
Did she read the book at least!!
9a_1z 12
I wonder if she's ever had a pet. 'I don't care if you are fluffy Mr Kibbles, you owe me a bunch of cash for this week's cat treats alone!' And of course children are a far bigger deal than pets.