Overprotective Mother Shows Up at Daughter’s Workplace in Tears After She Declines Her Calls and Refuses to Install Tracker on Phone

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Eleonora Bader
Feb 28, 2024 5:00 PM EST

You'd think that when you become an adult, your parents wouldn't be as involved in your whereabouts. Back in the good old days, my strict parents made sure they knew where I was at all times. Tracker on phone? Check. But once I turned 18, they didn't have that power over me anymore. And honestly, they kind of let go a little. Maybe living apart did us some good. Now they're pretty chill.

But the woman in this story explained how her mother still wanted that power over her, even though she was close to 30 years old. The woman's mother was so overprotective that she demanded her daughter install a tracker on her phone. Again, the woman is almost 30. She does not need to give her mother her location, that's just absurd. But wait, it gets worse. Scroll down to read how. Then check out these super cool abandoned places that Redditors explored.

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    Should I keep putting my foot down against my mother who wants to track my phone?
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    I (F 28) have a very also travel a lot for work. overprotective mother. I Well my job had me coming into town so my mom could see me. I had a meeting after at the time I said I was done and texted her. She kept calling me during the whole meeting, despite me sending a message that I couldn't talk because I was in a meeting.
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    When I'm finally done and about to call her another coworker tells me that my mom is looking for me. She had came down to the place I was working wandering the outside looking for me. When I called her she said she was in tears and worried over me.
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    The next day she asks if she can install an app to track my cellphone. I told her that I didn't feel comfortable with that and had hoped she would leave it at but she kept pushing it until I said no. She keeps trying to coax me into getting it saying things like "I'll use it for emergencies." I said that was a slippery
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    slope and I know her and it's going to reach a point where "Just emergencies" turn into full blown tracking my every movement. She also argued that she's getting better at not being so protective because she's going to therapy, and I told her how about she asks her therapist what they think about her tracking me.
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    At this point she keeps bringing it up and I'm growing tired, I'm wondering I should give in and put an end to har ment. But at the same time I feel like that's enabling her. I don't know what to do anymore to put an end to this.
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    1968phantom- 16 hr. ago If she keeps turning up to your place of work and phoning during meetings, you could end up unemployed. You need to deal with now or your partner will be posting in JNMIL. 983 Reply Share
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    itsjusthowiam . 15 hr. ago This. Don't tell her where you're going to be if she's going to show up & embarrass you.. When she's asks why you won't tell her, say it's because she shows up & embarrasses you! Her issues are hers to deal with not you. 297 ↓ Reply Share
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    Simple_Inflation_449 · 16 hr. ago Your almost 30 and working a full time job there literally no reason for your mother to still have your location. 1.1k Reply Share
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    Anisalive 14 hr. ago · edited 14 hr. ago I mean, I'm a lot older and I wouldn't want my mom knowing and questioning everywhere I go... her blowing up your phone and then coming to where you are is enough of a reason. Dude, do you really need to ask?
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    Giving in is the wrong thing. Be firm and tell her to stop asking or you'll take a break from her. She needs to know it's not gonna happen and then she'll give up ↑85 Reply Share
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    stillanmcrfan 1 day ago She cried at your work place.. I'd be mortified. She will not just use that for emergencies. 367 Reply Share NoPomegranate4794 OP- 1 day ago I was very much so. I had to track down everyone she talked to apologize and make sure she didn't act crazy.
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    Which reminds she did something similar when I was in college. I was at a dance audition so my phone was off and she kept calling. When we went on break people who I knew at the audition were telling me that they were getting Facebook messages from her looking for me. I tried to laugh it off but I was utterly mortified.
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    She would also ask for people's contact information when I started traveling for work. Like my bosses number, that was the first time I ever told her no when it came to something like that. 265 Reply Share
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    tidymaze 1 day ago "No." is a complete sentence. Do NOT give in. She's not going to get better if you let her have her way. You told her you were busy, but she still tracked you down. This is not overprotective, this is obsessive. If you can, contact her therapist and let them know what she's doing, because I can almost guarantee she's not being honest with them. 121 Reply Share
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    . Justan Old BabyBoomer 1 day ago You are TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OLD! The HELICOPTER needs to BACK OFF!!! ✩ 64 Reply Share . Vintage Pepperjacq - 1 day ago The helicopter needs to crash. 4 Reply Share
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    Human_Building_1368 1 day ago This is so incredibly inappropriate. You are not a child and no matter how overprotective she is that is alarming behaviour. Explain to her that you are an adult and it's time to cut the strings and encourage her to find other things to focus her time and attention on. Reply Share 51
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    Q staticstart 1 day ago If you give in now, you're teaching her that if she acts this way, you'll just do what she wants to spare yourself of the argument with her. I would personally tell her to either get herself under control or she'll be in a timeout with no contact from you for a period of time. Her anxiety about being worried over you is her own issue to sort out. 4 26 Reply Share
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