Mother can't afford to stay in a hotel while visiting daughter, demanding to sleep in a tent in daughter's backyard, she refuses: 'Have some self-respect'

Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor

Jul 20, 2024 10:00 AM EDT

Anyone who had a challenging relationship with their parents as a kid faces a dilemma when they finally break free from their parents and become an adult – Either you try to put aside whatever happened in your childhood and continue having a functioning relationship with your parents, or you simply cut ties with them and move on.

Eventually, most children land somewhere in the middle of these two options, keeping in contact with their parents while still maintaining a safe distance from them. That is basically what the daughter (OP, original poster) in this Reddit story has been doing with her mom. Although the mother continues to cause trouble in OP's life, they somehow still keep in touch. But now the mother is coming to visit her daughter and she is bringing along a new type of chaos – She insists she cannot afford a hotel, and demands to sleep in OP's backyard. OP refuses, which leads to quite a family dispute.

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