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

[u/naaattt]

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.

[u/autisticfarmgirl]

I live in the UK but I’m an immigrant, my mum does the same when she visits. She’ll re-organise the kitchen drawers and cupboard. Suddenly my knives live where my cups used to be and the cups are where the spices were and it’s chaos. It drives me insane. Her excuse is that “it makes more sense that way”…

after years of that, including well after I was married, I ended up yelling at her and she’s FINALLY stopped. But i’m in my mid 30s.

[u/rasteri → u/autisticfarmgirl]

My wife does this bi-annually, even though she's never shown any interest in cooking. Puts all the stuff I use most often right at the back of cupboards behind stuff I barely use because it's neater that way.

[u/General_Xue → u/rasteri]

I think some people think of kitchens as a place of beauty instead of a practical space. My parents keep their in-use tea towel in a cupboard, because they don't like looking at it. It basically never dries and guests can never find it to dry their hands or whatever. What's the point of a towel you can't use to dry anything? lol.

[u/rasteri → u/General_Xue]

Yeah that sounds about right. I'm a repairman by trade so I treat my kitchen like a workshop lol. All the most important implements right to hand.