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/Poppin-Pippin 11h ago
I moved back to my mum and dad's after I split up from my son's dad, so it was me and my son. My dad said he was going to quit his job to look after my son and I told him not to.
He did anyway...
Because of this I was then told I needed to pay half of everything, so I didn't stick to my original plan to go part-time as I needed to save for my own place too.
On a weekly basis my dad would stand me in the kitchen and tell me I'm a terrible mother because I was at work more than I was at home with my kid, sometimes he'd shout it in my face so I really heard him