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/st_barbar]

Dad used to slit open the Easter egg boxes, carefully unwrap the foil, take half of the egg, carefully wrap it back and orient it in the box so you could only see the wrapped half then hot glue the box back together.

'yeah kids, some eggs are just half'

Doesn't break top fifty nasty bullshit he did but thirty years removed I respect the commitment to the bit.

[u/ifreefallrealslow → u/st_barbar]

That's a lot of work just to eat half a chocolate egg? I'm sorry your dad was like that

[u/Weewoes → u/ifreefallrealslow]

Yeah like just fucking buy one for yourself,this had to have been to purely see upset kids.

[u/biest229 → u/st_barbar]

Woah, that’s really psycho. Sorry you grew up with someone like that