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Mom Wants To Be Included In This Father-Daughter Camping Trip, Ruins It By Making It About Her
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Mom Wants To Be Included In This Father-Daughter Camping Trip, Ruins It By Making It About Her

Daughter Asks If She Was Wrong To Blame Her Entitled Mom For Crashing A Father-Daughter Camping Trip And Making It About Herself‘This Weekend Was Supposed To Be About My Dad, And She Made It About Her': Mother Crashes Father-Daughter Camping TripEntitled Mom Crashes A Father-Daughter Camping Trip That Her Daughter Planned And Ruins It By Making It About HerselfDaughter Loses Her Temper With Her Mother For Ruining Her Father-Daughter Trip That She Had Planned And Saved Hard ForDespite Hating Camping, This Mom Comes Along On A Father-Daughter Trip Just To Make It About HerselfEntitled Mother Crashes A Father-Daughter Camping Trip And Makes It About HerselfTeen Was Trying To Spend The Weekend Camping With Her Dad When Her Mom Ruins The Trip By Making It About HerselfDaughter Plans A Special Camping Trip For Her Dad - It Gets Crashed By Her Entitled MotherMom Tries To Get Rid Of Her Teen Daughter On A Trip That Was Supposed To Be A Father-Daughter Weekend Saying To Go Play With Other KidsTeen Asks If She's A Jerk For Snapping At Her Mom After She Invited Herself And Ruined A Camping Trip That She Had Planned With Her Dad
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This incident comes from a 16-year-old teen who prepared the sweetest gift for her dad for Father’s Day—a camping trip for which she saved for months. And when her mom heard about their plans, she couldn’t miss a chance to participate, although normally, when she hears about “camping, her immediate reaction is ‘ew, no way.'”

But sooner than the author of this post knew it, her mother was already doing the trip her own way, from foods only she liked to activities she would shut down because “it would inconvenience her.”

As you can imagine, the vibe at the campsite was not the best, and the family drama escalated up to a boiling point when the mom just told the author to go and play with kids nearby. That’s when the daughter had enough and laid all that she thought out on the table.

Now she’s asking the dear people of the internet if it was an overreaction, so let us know what you think in the comments!

Image credits: Karoly Lorentey (not the actual photo)

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The author added that even though the mom isn’t her biological mother, she has been treating her like she was

And this is what people had to comment in response to the story

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Liucija Adomaite

Liucija Adomaite

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Liucija Adomaite is a creative mind with years of experience in copywriting. She has a dynamic set of experiences from advertising, academia, and journalism. This time, she has set out on a journey to investigate the ways in which we communicate ideas on a large scale. Her current mission is to find a magic formula for how to make ideas, news, and other such things spread like a virus.

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Liucija Adomaite

Liucija Adomaite

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Liucija Adomaite is a creative mind with years of experience in copywriting. She has a dynamic set of experiences from advertising, academia, and journalism. This time, she has set out on a journey to investigate the ways in which we communicate ideas on a large scale. Her current mission is to find a magic formula for how to make ideas, news, and other such things spread like a virus.

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Austėja Akavickaitė

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Austėja is a Photo Editor at Bored Panda with a BA in Photography.

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iblowsheep
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think mom is a narcissist, and dad should have stepped in on his daughter's behalf. He probably didn't because he has to suffer the consequences of his wife's narcissism too. likely his calling out his daughter's comments was more about self preservation than really thinking she was TA. But then again, maybe the girl has the situation distorted a bit being young and having a still developing brain it might not be too far fetched.

Bettie-Jean Neal
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You hit it right on the nose. This is my own family dynamic, except bio-mom and step-dad. She too turns on the tears when you tell her about herself and point out her wrongdoing. Totally turns it back around.

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Jennifer Hanks
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First, what a thoughtful and loving daughter you are! A gift like that from one of my sons would make my YEAR! Secondly, if my husband said, "I want to go too" on my special Mother's Day trip, I would have gently suggested that we plan another trip for the whole family as I would understand my child's intention. In my view, your dad should have seen your desire to have this special trip with him, giving him what HE liked at great cost to you, and protected and cherished that time. You were generous to include her, even though it messed up your plans and your budget. I'm so sorry they didn't see that - parents mess up all the time, just like everybody else! You are a special young lady - keep being the lovely, giving young person you obviously are!

kurisutofu
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would feel so betrayed by the dad. He's not even capable of understanding that she did that for him... That would be my last present for him, ever.

Casey B
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

@John C you speak of "leveling" as if it's a positive parenting technique, it's not. Children are meant to be lifted up higher than ourselves. The dad's attempt at leveling would have brought his daughter down to the same selfish, immature level as his wife.

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iblowsheep
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think mom is a narcissist, and dad should have stepped in on his daughter's behalf. He probably didn't because he has to suffer the consequences of his wife's narcissism too. likely his calling out his daughter's comments was more about self preservation than really thinking she was TA. But then again, maybe the girl has the situation distorted a bit being young and having a still developing brain it might not be too far fetched.

Bettie-Jean Neal
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You hit it right on the nose. This is my own family dynamic, except bio-mom and step-dad. She too turns on the tears when you tell her about herself and point out her wrongdoing. Totally turns it back around.

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Jennifer Hanks
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First, what a thoughtful and loving daughter you are! A gift like that from one of my sons would make my YEAR! Secondly, if my husband said, "I want to go too" on my special Mother's Day trip, I would have gently suggested that we plan another trip for the whole family as I would understand my child's intention. In my view, your dad should have seen your desire to have this special trip with him, giving him what HE liked at great cost to you, and protected and cherished that time. You were generous to include her, even though it messed up your plans and your budget. I'm so sorry they didn't see that - parents mess up all the time, just like everybody else! You are a special young lady - keep being the lovely, giving young person you obviously are!

kurisutofu
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would feel so betrayed by the dad. He's not even capable of understanding that she did that for him... That would be my last present for him, ever.

Casey B
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

@John C you speak of "leveling" as if it's a positive parenting technique, it's not. Children are meant to be lifted up higher than ourselves. The dad's attempt at leveling would have brought his daughter down to the same selfish, immature level as his wife.

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