She Hasn’t Always Had The Best Relationship With Her Social Media Addict Mom, But Things Got Heated After Her Mom Announced Her Pregnancy Before She Did
Has one of your parents ever posted a picture of you on social media without your permission? It’s happened to many of us whose parents love to post on sites like Instagram and Facebook.
One woman recently had an outburst after her social media addict mom posted about her pregnancy without her permission.
She’s 28 years old, and her mom is 47. She and her mom haven’t always had the best relationship, and things got worse when her mom started becoming addicted to social media.
Her mom loves to brag about her life on social media and make things seem really fabulous to her followers.
For instance, she’ll go out with their family, take pictures and post about the “amazing” dinner they’re having at the table. Then, she’ll sit there silently for the rest of the evening and watch the likes come in.
Things started getting worse with her mom when she told her she was pregnant with her first child. She and her fiancé didn’t want to share the news for a while and explicitly told her mom not to tell anyone, but she didn’t listen and posted all about how she was going to be a grandmother online.
Two weeks ago, she and her fiancé went to the doctor for an ultrasound.
“It was supposed to be an intimate appointment between me and my fiancé,” she explained.
“But she invited herself, showed up an hour early, and then told all the nurses there she was the grandmother and needed to be let back in.”
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Thankfully, the hospital staff could tell she didn’t want her mom there and only let her fiancé into the room.
She and her fiancé returned to the doctor a few days ago for another ultrasound, and she made sure not to tell her mom when the appointment would be. However, her mom got the details from her sister and got to the doctor’s office before she did for the appointment.
“When it was time to call my fiancé in, I was surprised to see my mother pulled in instead,” she recalled. “I found out she bullied my fiancé into letting her go.”
Her mom immediately began taking photos during the ultrasound appointment. She told her mom in front of the doctor that if she saw any of those photos on social media, she’d tell the doctor’s office security not to let her into the building ever again.
The threat didn’t phase her mom, who posted photos from the appointment the next morning.
“I lost it and went off and called her an attention seeker,” she remembered. “She’s bulldozing her way into appointments just for videos and photos she can post online. But I know the minute the baby is born, and we need help, she will not help.”
Her mom became hostile and accused her of having bottled up resentment from the past, which is not true. Instead, she’s angry with her mom for her current behavior.
Was she wrong for calling her mom an attention seeker, or was she right to be angry?
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