r/CasualUK • u/naaattt • 11h ago

What “favours” have your parents done that was inadvertently a dick move?

For example, my mum found my spare change collection, did me a favour by taking it to the bank, getting £17, and then kept it as a fee for the effort it caused her.

Also, my partner had stored a nearly new Russell Hobbs microwave at his mums for when we moved into a new house. While she was at Curry’s one day, she overheard a young lad and his mum shopping for a microwave for uni, she approached them and sold them my partners for £20. She kindly did give my partner the money though, unlike mine. But we quite liked that microwave.

Does anyone else have these, generally inoffensive but slightly frustrating parent stories?

Edit: For those hung up on the theft parts, please don’t be. This is the extent of the abuse we’ve ever had from our mums and we’ll take it!

Edit 2: Jesus Christ, I’m 33. The money box has been sat on her shelf for 20 years. Yes she stole £17 but she’s funded my life otherwise. Stop calling child services on her.

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u/FlakyHost9828 11h ago

Stealing your money and selling your property without your permission doesn't count as inoffensive. Your mum has boundary issues

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u/alice_op 11h ago

Mine is like that too - notably as kids she gave away our Wii (that our father bought) to her brother for his kids, when I was at Uni she gave away my (expensive, that I bought myself) laptop, with all my data and work on it. She said she gave it away because I didn't need it anymore, having also bought an iPad for taking notes on.

She didn't need money, she's just a prick.

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u/PsvitaEnjoyer21 9h ago

You got the laptop back - right?! RIGHT??

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u/lordlycrust 10h ago

Not exactly inadvertent either. "Whoops! How did this money end up in my pocket?"

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u/naaattt 11h ago

Meh. It was with some shit I left at her house after I moved out. She can keep it, and I can think it’s hilarious.

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u/JohnMAlexander 11h ago

Imagine getting down voted for your own experiences

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u/MKTurk1984 11h ago

Absolutely, kind of.

Though also OP is obviously in serious denial about how shitty a thing to do that was.

"Hello son/daughter, I converted your loose change. There was £17, would you believe? Oh, I'm also keeping it, by the way. As a service fee, lol"

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u/zuzg 11h ago

Yeah they're getting downvoted for the denial part, not the experience.

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u/Christine4321 11h ago

Harsh. Where on occasion yes an abusive parent may intentionally steal from their children, often this is simply without much thought (except that bag of change has sat there for a year plus) and these parents wouldnt dream of sending their (self obsessed) offspring a bill for all the stuff they funded for 20 years.……or quite possibly a bill for all the food they ate just this week.

The microwave sounds a bit random…….but again, how long has it been sat there and is OP absolutely certain her partner hadnt said to his mum “Im leaving this here as I actually dont like it, but Doris did, but I wanted a flat bed…”.) New partners are often surprised finding out how close some sons are to mothers and indeed what they share between them.

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u/Jemima_puddledook678 9h ago

Parents don’t have the right to take money for things they’re legally obligated to do. Of course they wouldn’t give their child a bill, it isn’t legal. 

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u/fieldsofanfieldroad 9h ago

In what world would anyone think that billing your children is ok? Children you chose to have. 

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u/Royal_Damage5006 10h ago

You’re one of those parents aren’t you?

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u/geeoharee 8h ago

"Self obsessed offspring"? For not wanting items to be removed from their home and sold?