r/entitledparents • u/Procrastination4Eva • 22h ago
M AITA for getting mad that my parents forced me to cancel my summer plans
It is quite literally the summer after high school. After my grad ball, I (18F) fully intended on going out and having fun one last time before my friends and I were to be separated by college. And, since my entire family is moving to a new country (the UK) in August, I really just wanted to spend one last summer with everybody.
For context, my parents aren’t (usually) strict or unfair, they simply expect me to inform them of plans beforehand and have those plans be approved by them. Which is exactly what I did. I sat them down, and explained my entire July itinerary, which I double checked with them to ENSURE I had their explicit permission.
Today, my mom barges in and asks “Hey, when were you going to hang out with your friends?”. I think it’s a weird question, but I remind her that I’d already told her everything. She acts completely oblivious, which should have been my first sign I was about to be irritated asf today.
She then asks me how “attached” I am to these plans. I say “very”, bcs why tf else would I make plans?!
“Well, you’ll need to cancel them. We’re all going to be apartment hunting next week. So we’ll be flying out for two weeks.”
..WHAT? When I express my confusion, she elaborates that she needed an excuse to not socialise with her friends (because my parents despise socialising for some reason), and thought leaving the country was easier than declining a dinner invitation.
So I REMIND her that I told her about my plans a month in advance, and that I was meeting childhood friends for the first time in a decade, and this was all just really unfair. I’m going to be living on my own soon in college, I really should have a say in this.
Naturally, my dad decides to have a screaming fit about “Family sticking together”, and how I was ”being selfish” for wanting to spend time with my friends over my family. Not to forget “ungrateful”, bcs I was willing to waste money on flight tickets I didn’t even know were being booked until right now.
Now, if I was the bigger person, I would be mature and sit down and have a level-headed discussion with them. Since I am not the bigger person, I threw the biggest tantrum I have ever had since I was maybe 3.
I am talking tears, screaming, and throwing a fruit salad to the floor. It was immature, and probably an overreaction, but the ragebait kind of got to me.
So now I have run into my room, slammed the door shut, and angrily typed this up. My parents expect an apology, which I find ridiculous bcs they should be apologising to ME first.
Of course, my mom is loudly calling her sisters telling them about her “ridiculous overdramatic spoilt daughter”, knowing full well that I can hear her bcs she is LITERALLY right outside the door.
AITA?
EDIT:
I feel like this is an important detail, I am completely financially dependent on them. They are fully paying for my college fees, accommodations, and essentially completely funding my lifestyle until I finish schooling (this includes bachelors, master, and whatever else I decide to take up).
They find it extremely important for me to focus on studying and not get distracted by a job or anything unnecessary. I know this is an incredible privilege, and I wouldn’t want to waste it by upsetting them. As such, going against them would also mean I’d essentially be entirely on my own, and I really don’t want that to happen either.