‘Is it normal for moms to be jealous of their own daughters like this?’: Daughter makes $500 after working for her father and her mother loses it, falsely claiming that he never gives her any money

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Jul 1, 2025 6:00 PM EDT

Remember when you were a teenager and you couldn't wait for the next snow day because it meant that you'd be making $20 per front lawn you'd shovel? Or, when your dad asks you to help him do a spring-cleaning in the garage, but to incentivize you, tells you he'll buy you the new video game that comes out at the end of the month? Those were the good old days when you could do the most menial tasks and get rewarded for it, and even better because $20 felt like a million. Well, now, fathers give their kids $500 for a little extra help… Lucky.

Sometimes, parents don't want their kids to be happy, especially if it means the kids are happier than them. In this next story, a daughter rants about how her mother is upset that she received money in return for working for her father. The mother complains that she never sees money from him, but the daughter states that the mother is lying through her teeth. She earned that money, and her mother can't bear to see her reap the benefits of having responsibilities. Scroll below to read about the long, problematic history between them.

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  • "She started screaming| and crying about it."
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  • "My mom threw a temper tantrum when she found out my dad transferred 500$ to my bank account for helping him with his job for 2 months."

    Just like the title says, my mom threw a tantrum after she found out he's been paying me to come help him with his job, since it's
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  • summer now and hotter so it's more difficult. I also help him finish it faster. I worked with him for 2 whole months, and basically
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  • whatever tips he got he gave to me, as well as 5% of what he earned. It's kind of like passive encome since I can't even find a job.
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  • Anyways, she has ny bank account on her phone, cause it's dependent still and she can veiw it and withdraw and give money
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  • to me. She saw that he's been paying me for going out and working with him, and she started screaming and crying about it.
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  • Apparently she's mad that he's paying me for working with him but "he never gives her money"?
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  • Even tho she has a job too and he pays for all the bills. She even takes money from him sometimes to buy stuff online. All the time.
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  • It's just this 1x I go with him and work and she throws a tantrum.
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  • She said stuff like "he gives his daughter whatever she wants, but when I ask for anything he doesn't give it to me at all!" It
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  • really makes her sound so I childish. She's like 36 rn, and she oftenly compared herself to me. She always says how she's "better than me" and how she's "prettier than me". And how she's a better woman.
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  • Is it normal for moms to be jealous of their own daughters like this? This has to be mental illness.
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  • CharlieUpATree I ain't saying she's a gold digger
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  • miyuki_m Your dad needs to be the one with access to your banking rather than your mother. Talk to him about her reaction to finding out you were paid for your hard work.
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  • Cute-Badger-9643 oh she did it in front of him and he didnt say a word to defend me. hes a coward
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  • -What-Else-Is-There- • . She got that evil step-mother energy.
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  • Cute-Badger-9643 she hates me because i have a life far better than what she grew up with. its envy and jealousy thats transformed into hatred
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  • outofnowhereman Narcissists gonna narcissist
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  • DriveOpLa The ol' marriage "what's mine is mine and what's yours is mine" dynamic...
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