‘You crossed the line’: Daughter sends her overbearing parents on a wild goose chase after discovering they put a tracker in her car

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Jun 2, 2024 5:00 PM EDT

More often than not, you hear about parents who have no idea when to finally let go and let their kids get by in the world alone as adults. While it usually comes from a good place, as they want to help their kids and make sure they are okay, it can become extremely overbearing really fast.

The parents in this Reddit story definitely crossed a line when it comes to their daughter. OP (original poster), shared on Reddit that her parents have no boundaries when it comes to her. She even had to get her locks changed because they kept going into her house announced and refused to give her the key back. The last straw happened when she found out they put a GPS tracker in her car, so she decided to put that tracker on a truck heading to Canada and see how they would respond.

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  • 01
    AITA for sending my parents on a wild goose chase that almost got to the Canadian border?
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  • 02
    I (F27) do not live at home. I do not take money from my parents. I don't really rely on them for anything. I have a job and I just put a down payment on my first home.
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  • 03
    My parents think I am a helpless damsel. I had to get the locks changed on my apartment because they had an emergency key that they used randomly. When I asked for it back they refused.
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  • 04
    One of my friends recently went on a date with a creepy guy that put an Apple tracker in her car. She has an app that detects them so she found it and tossed it in the river.
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  • 05
    I got the app because I am out there dating and I got concerned after hearing this story.
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  • 06
    I am seeing someone right now and it seems to be going well. He seems a decent fellow. Yes that's a Princess Bride quote.
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    Anyway I found a tracker on my car. I thought it was the guy. I didn't want to give him any clue that I found it. So I tossed it onto a pallet of produce my company has headed to Canada.
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  • 08
    It turns out it wasn't him. I did not go see my parents this last weekend but went golfing instead. The guy I am seeing called but I said I was busy. He
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    was cool with it. My parents on the other hand called me a dozen times. I said I was golfing. They asked were and I told them.
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  • 10
    I put my phone in do not disturb and had fun with my friends. My dad called me from Boise Idaho to ask why I threw away their tracker.
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  • 11
    I laughed and said I would have to apologize to the guy I'm seeing because I assumed it was him doing something that shady.
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  • 12
    My parents are upset that I scared them and called me ungrateful for making light of their concerns.
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    wittyidiot 15 hr. ago Colo-rectal Surgeon [41] So, obviously NTA. And likewise a funny and well-crafted post. Good job all around. But in the real world, this is grounds for a restraining order.
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    You need to cut contact and get a ton of boundaries set up, because this isn't the way parents treat "helpless damsels". This is controlling and insane, and it will only escalate. What happens when
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    they start showing up to your job to check in on you? What happens when they start tailing your future fiance? What happens when they decide you aren't parenting your toddler right and try to pick her up from school?
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    Discount_Mithral · 14 hr. ago Professor Emeritass [82] NTA. This level of helicopter parenting on an almost 30yo is n 5. Have a sit-down meal with your parents at a nice restaurant.
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    (People are less likely to make a scene if they are somewhere nice or in public.) Tell them that the tracker was out of line, and it was stalker level behavior. They need to be treating you like a capable adult.
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    You don't need to list out accomplishments to them, as they already know what you have going on and have still chosen to behave this way, tracking your every move on their phones like creeps.
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    Tell them if they can't start showing some respect for boundaries, you may need to go low contact until they can do so. If you do need to keep your word on this, please stick to it! This is not ok and not how parents build a healthy relationship with their child.
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    baka-tari · 14 hr. ago Certified Proctologist [22] "... called me ungrateful"? Why do they keep using that word? I do not think it means what they think it means.
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    NTA. They should be grateful you allow them in your life at all after shenanigans like this and with the level of intrusion they're attempting. This is insane, stalkerish behavior. Since they won't set reasonable boundaries, you need to. Good luck keeping them in line.
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    Ok-Entertainer-6283 OP 13 hr. ago Nice return quote.
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    • Regular_Boot_3540 · 14 hr. ago Partassipant [4] What? How is it your fault that your parents are insane and went so far as to drive to the Canadian border to stalk you? NTA! I'm glad the guy you're dating isn't the one who did it. You don't need any more obsessive weirdos in your life.
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  • 24
    Maybe Hughes · 11 hr. ago • Your post is so lighthearted for something so horrifying. You're saying your parents were sneaking into your house without your permission to the point you had to change locks? And that your parents literally tried to follow you on a "road trip?"
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    That's not funny or annoying; it's really really disturbing. NTA, but I'm really afraid for your privacy inside your home and on your devices.
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