A woman got scrutinized by her own family because she called out her mother for demanding lavish gifts.

A woman has revealed that her whole family turned against her when she confronted her mother for demanding expensive gifts from her children on their birthdays. The 25-year-old woman revealed that she has 3 siblings who are aged 10, 16 and 18 years. They all are expected to buy gifts for their mum on their own birthdays. Her mother demands these gifts because according to her she gave them birth and should be celebrated for doing so. “Every year on our own birthdays, we have to celebrate our mom as well. We are getting her gifts since we were kids” revealed the 25-year-old.

It was taught to us as “thanking our mother for carrying us and giving us birth”. We have no problem in celebrating the hardships our mother has gone through while giving birth. She did a great job and her work must be acknowledged. We all are grateful as we wouldn't be here without her. The issue is that it becomes less of our birthday and more of celebrating ‘her giving birth to us.’

“Every year on our birthdays, our mom gets gifts too. As we grow older, she expects us to give her expensive monetary gifts and not some handmade stuff. When we were little, we used to make her beautiful cards. They might not have been expensive but they sure showed our love towards her. There is a famous quote about gifting “It’s the thought that counts”. I feel that our mom doesn’t like to follow that quote. For her a gift is as good as its price, which I think is completely wrong.” Shared the woman.

She further said, “Just recently it was my 25th birthday. I got some much-needed clothes and dishware for my new apartment. Whereas my dad got my mom a MacBook. The woman’s siblings also got their mom expensive gifts. My 16-year-old sibling pulled me aside and told me that she couldn’t buy me a gift because her whole savings got spent on buying a necklace for our mom. Mom had been dropping the hints for that necklace for so long. “

“My sister was worried that mom would feel underappreciated if she didn’t get her that necklace. I asked my sister about the pricing of the necklace. She said it costed her 300$. I got very angry after hearing this not because I didn’t get a gift but because my siblings are in a constant pressure of appreciating my mom with expensive gifts. They have to save penny by penny everyday so that they could make their mom happy.” She added.

“I didn’t think all this was right. I think that it’s ridiculous that she wants my sister to spend so much on her gift. So, I told my mom exactly how I felt. Mom started crying and dad threw me out. Mom didn’t return my calls. My aunt (mom’s sister) called me and told me that I was being selfish and called me a piece of s*** for disrespecting my mother” exclaimed the 25-year-old.

“I first thought that I was right but I started questioning myself when I was scrutinized by my own family. I posted inspirational quotes regarding letting go of toxicity and how blood doesn’t equal to family. My cousins and family members started commenting bad things about me in the comments, that’s when I decided to put this all up on reddit to know if the world also thinks the same” revealed the woman.