Woman Demands Expensive Gifts From Her Little Children On Their Birthdays For Giving Birth To Them

A lady has taken to Reddit to detail how her entire family turned against her for calling out her mother for demanding expensive gifts on her children’s birthdays.

The 25-year-old says she and her three siblings, ages 10, 16, and 18, are always obliged to buy gifts for their mother on their birthdays and the birthdays of their siblings to celebrate their mother for giving birth to them.

The lady said on Reddit, “Every year on every single one of our birthdays, we’re expected to celebrate my mom as well. We’ve done it since we were little. It was taught to me as ‘giving thanks for carrying and giving birth to us,’ which I’m all for, I am grateful as we wouldn’t be here without her. The issue is though, it becomes less of our birthday and more so, an anniversary for the day our mom gave birth.

“Every year on our birthday our mom gets gifts too. As we got older, we’re now expected to get her monetary gifts (and not cards, or homemade stuff). Just recently was my birthday and I was gifted some much-needed clothes and dishware for my new apartment. My dad however got my mom a new MacBook.”

The woman’s siblings also bought gifts for their mother, and this year her 16-year-old sister approached her to apologize for not being able to buy much since she’d spent all of her money on a costly necklace for their mother, which she’d been hinting at for months.

“My sister was worried our mom would be upset and feel underappreciated if she didn’t get it. I asked how much it was, and my sister said it was $300. I honestly lost it on our mom and chewed into her later that afternoon when my mom opened her gifts after me.

“I think she’s ridiculous for even wanting my sister to spend so much on a gift! Mom started crying and my dad kicked me out. Mom won’t answer calls but my aunt mom’s sister called and said I was a piece of s*** for not respecting my mother and that I’m a selfish, narcissist child for being jealous of the gifts mom got.”

The woman was first confident she was right, but after her mother failed to return her calls for two weeks, she has begun to doubt her position.

“She’s been posting on Facebook inspiration quotes about letting go of the toxicity in your life, how blood doesn’t equal family, and how hard it is to be a mother. Several family members – aunt, grandma, uncle, and two of my cousins – are replying to the posts and are very obviously directing vague comments at me about being a horrible daughter.”

The woman then went to Reddit to see if others thought she was justified in hitting at her mother, and she received a lot of positive feedback.

One user said, “It was her choice to carry four children and give birth to them. Your mother sounds self-centered and selfish. As far as toxicity in one’s life and how blood doesn’t equal family, I think you should apply that to your mother, not to you.”

Another said, “I’ve never in my life heard of such a ridiculous thing as gifts for the mother or father for a kid’s birthday. That is some narcissistic nonsense. Shouldn’t your father get them too? On Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are they expected to give you guys gifts since you are the reason they are parents?

“Maybe you should stop trying to contact them and distance yourself for a while without any contact with your parents (siblings clearly need your level head). Seriously, what a load of crap behavior.”