My living situation has been difficult the past few years due to conflict between me and both of my parents. My father, who i’ve lived with the longest, has NPD (narcissistic personality disorder) therefore is a very difficult man to get along with. I have managed to stay with him the longest due to it only being me and him. This gives me a lot of time to myself as he works. The situation with my father is also significantly easier due to my friends and boyfriend living in close proximity. However, my mother lives hundreds of miles away. In the recent months, i have just moved back in with my father after living with my mother for a while. Me and my mother were not getting along. There was constantly someone on the other end of her phone listening to her complain about my behaviour. To put into consideration i did a lot for her: I took my youngest sibling (11) to school on a morning, tidied up and washed any pots that needed doing. This was all she would let me do or else I would do more. She would then proceed to call me lazy and selfish. It continued like this for a while and began taking a toll on my mental health. One time I went to see a friend to give her some space and told her this and in retaliation she told my father i’d left with no notice. This ended up in a heated argument with him. The entire time she tried to get on my nerves, push my boundaries and all in the same time tell everyone she knew I was a lazy, unmotivated and overall horrible child. We tried working past our differences before i left and she admitted that she knew very little about me (as she made no effort with me) and saw me more as a friend. This did line up with her treatment and how the only times we would get along was when i was giving her relationship advice, clothing advice and sharing music tastes. Eventually me and my siblings went to see my father for christmas and I decided to stay as he offered me my bedroom back. I figured this would be best as I was falling into a bad place and couldn’t deal with the tension in her household. My birthday is on the 15th of February and my father and mother are insisting we travel down to her and have dinner in a restaurant as a family. I decided against. My mother is upset and my father supports my decision. I feel this is the best choice as they do not get along and I don’t want an argument erupting on my birthday. I also do not think I want to be associated with her anymore as she has made it clear that I am more of a stranger than a daughter to her. AITA?
Doesn’t sound like you’re the problem here. If the day’s gonna end in drama, skipping it is the smartest move you can make.
NTA
It’s your birthday. You don’t have to give up that day, or sacrifice your mental health,. To make someone else happy
And you sure as hell don’t have to be party to her using your birthday as an excuse to rewrite history, or show off her relationship with her daughter, or whatever her motive is
NTA
NTA. Even without everything else you mentioned it’s YOUR birthday, its supposed to be about/ for you and if youre being made to celebrate it in a way that YOU dont want to then its being made to be about someone OTHER than you.
Personally I dont like to celebrate my birthday at all, I dont like getting gifts I dont like being treated specially for the day, I just want it to be treated like a normal day because that’s all it is to me, my friends and family respect that because even though they like celebrating birthdays they know its supposed to be about me and what I want to do, and I just want to have an ordinary day.
It’s your birthday you should spend it how you want. NTA
NTA
Spend your birthday with your dad. If you don’t want to see your mom then don’t go. Your dad is supportive of you, so enjoy your birthday without her.
HEY O P!
COULD YOU PLEASE
BREAK YOUR POST INTO
ACTUAL PARAGRAPHS?!?
Maybe say what NPA is because I doubt its the National Phlebotomy Association
Oh …I came up with National Parasite Affiliation.
NTA its your bday anyways. Cut contact with your mum she clearly doesnt give a rats about you anyways!
NTA! It sounds like your parents have issues of their own to deal with. Protect your peace!
You don’t need to parent your parents
NTA Sounds like the path of least resistance.