AITA for blowing up at my mother after she told me I “ruined her evening”
Gather around, dear readers! I’ve got a juicy morsel of family drama straight from the digital confession booth we all know and love—Reddit. This gripping tale comes courtesy of Reddit user ImaTeenWitAttitude (not their real handle, but it fits, don’t you think?). Prepare yourself for a rollercoaster of emotions, a few identity crises, and one larger-than-life confrontation. Let’s dive into the tangled web of familial discord, shall we?
The Setup: Are You Listening, Mom?
So, let’s set the stage: Our protagonist is a spunky 17-year-old girl (let’s call her Wonder Girl for dramatic effect) who has been navigating life with hearing aids. While she’s no Beethoven, she’s certainly had her fair share of struggles hearing without them. Enter the parents: the kind who buy tickets for a family outing to an outdoor play at a castle. Sounds magical, right? Wrong. The real drama kicks off when Wonder Girl realizes her hearing aids have not charged.
Picture this scene: Under a starlit sky, seated among theater-goers, Wonder Girl finds herself on the brink of a headache, unable to catch most of the dialogue. She does the reasonable thing and asks her father for the train tickets in case she needs an exit. But wait—Mama Drama intervenes, claiming all will be well after the play’s intermission. Predictably, it’s not.
The Deceptive Calm: Beginning of the End
As expected, halfway through the play, Wonder Girl’s sensory limits are reached. She feels overwhelmed, her head is pounding, and she’s about ready to murder a Shakespeare-in-the-Park actor. Once the break hits, she quietly exits stage left, making her heroic dash back to the train station. You’d think this would be crisis averted—but oh no, dear readers. We’re just getting started.
Moments into her departure, Mama Drama decides it’s time to throw a pity party and tells Wonder Girl that she’s “ruined her evening” and, for good measure, insists that the girl must return from a comic convention early. Sweet baby cha-cha, if that isn’t a gut punch, what is?
The Smackdown: Words as Weapons
Now—Wonder Girl, channeling all those bottled-up grievances, rage, and frustration, tries to call her mother. But, oh lo and behold, Mama Drama is in no mood for dialogue, hanging up faster than you can say “bad reception.” The next morning, Wonder Girl leaves for the con and reschedules her return as ordered. No war is over without a last battle, right?
At the convention, wearing her cosplayer armor, Wonder Girl receives an all-too-sweet phone call from Mama Drama. This is the phone call equivalent of a wolf in sheep’s clothing, let me tell you. Our protagonist, ever the mistress of the dramatic rebuttal, lets loose a “didn’t want to ruin your day” bomb, causing Mama to implode like a poorly constructed clay volcano. Then, the mother unloads a list of grievances via text—unclean rooms, packing disagreements, and forsaken motherly advice.
If that wasn’t enough, Wonder Girl finally calls her mother, bringing the verbal artillery with her. Let. Them. Have. It. She rants, she raves, and she doesn’t let poor Mama Drama get a single word in edgewise. The pièce de résistance? Wonder Girl hears her mother crying on the line and subsequently feels a pang of guilt.
Roger’s Two Cents: Well, Here We Go…
Alright, my dear readers, it’s time for Roger’s grand opinion—prepare for wit, wisdom, and just a dash of sass.
First off, Wonder Girl, you’ve got some serious armour to be surviving what amounts to repeated emotional jousting. Kudos. But, you’re asking if you were the a*&hole in this scenario. You defended your sanity and mental health. For that, you’re given a gold star and an invisible cape from me.
Now, Mama Drama? Get this woman a reality check, STAT. Manipulating your child with guilt trips and passive-aggressive comments? That’s some low-grade villainy right there.
Could you have been a teensy bit gentler and less explosive in your final battleground call? Sure, but not at the cost of invalidating how fed-up you must have been. It’s high time Mama Drama learned that being a queen bee doesn’t mean she gets to sting without repercussions.
So, was Wonder Girl the a*&hole? Absolutely not. Sometimes, it takes a good verbal smackdown to set things straight. And if there are tears on the other end of the line? Well, let’s hope they’re followed by some genuine reflection.
Original story
I (17F) have always had a rocky relationship with my mother. Our family has always been on her side so I just assumed I was in the wrong but recently I am no longer sure.
For context I am hard of hearing and wear hearing aids in my day to day life. I am not deaf and I’m able to hear decently without them but I have to focus a lot more and end up missing a lot.
My parents bought tickets for the entire family to see an outside play at a castle. When we arrived at the location I found out my hearing aids did not charge properly so after we sat down I asked my father to give me the train tickets, in case I started to feel unwell during the show.
My mother convinced me to wait for the break in the middle of the show and if I wasn’t feeling well, ask then. I agreed and, like I thought, during the show I could only understand about ¾ of what was being said plus I started to have a headache and feel overwhelmed with the amount of noise and people present.
I waited until the break started and asked my father to give me the tickets, telling my family I wasn’t feeling well. On my way back to the train station my mother called me thanking me for ruining her evening and telling me I would have to return from the con a day earlier.
Me and my mother originally agreed that I would leave early in the morning on the 4th day so I wouldn’t have to travel by train in the late evening of the 3th day.
Now i was angry and tried to call her back but she kept hanging up on me and since by the time they got home i was already asleep and i left early next morning for the con i didn’t speak with my mother before i left. I also rescheduled the train back like she asked.
Now this is the part where i might have been an asshole while at the con my mother called me in a sweet tone asking me why i didn’t call her when i arrived i was really angry so i simply told her i “didn’t want to ruin your day” she was baffled and proceeded to tell me to call her next day and hang up on me.
She then sent me a long text about how i lost the right to leave the con when i wanted to because i left mid way through the show (something we never agreed to) how i didn’t properly clean my room (she herself confirmed my room was clean a day before i left) and how i didn’t properly show her what i was bringing with me (i showed her everything the day before she just left my room pissed off because she kept insisting i bring more shirts despite me telling her i was gonna be in cosplay the entire con so i only needed something to wear on the way back an some pyjamas) now i was livid at this point so i called her and blew up at her yelling about every one of these points not letting her get a word in edgewise she tried to weakly argue back but i didn’t let her speak.
By the end she basically just repeated the same point again at which point I hung up on her. Looking back, I remember hearing her cry on the other end of the line and while she hasn’t acknowledged what happened since, I still feel guilty about it.