Should I Lie to My Entitled Mom?

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[MegaBpop]

“”Honor thy mother & father does NOT mean Honor their misbehaviour. “”
I love it!

[dhickmon]

Never tell anyone about your personal finances

[gracieo]

“Sorry mom we prefer to keep our financial details to ourselves.” Period. Respectful but to the point.

[chilypatsofia]

Taylor, I am twice your age and it took me this long to realize that I needed to say no to mom many years ago! We poured so much money into a house and things for mom and in the end ended up with a destroyed house, so much resentment and an old lady with Alzheimers! Never did I even think mental illness just because she was “mom”. Not that she was a great mom either! We are now renovating the house we had built over 20 yrs ago! Learn from others and keep your distance! Help but have your limits because they will suck you dry!,

[MiraMirantheWall]

Toxic parents are really hard to navigate. I am this lady. It's hard to set boundaries with parents.

[BearsBeetsBattlestarGalactica]

what a weird thing to do. they corner him when she leaves to ask him about their finances. that is extremely strange.

[bluejedi]

NO is an okay word. NO is a complete answer. NO is my bottom line. NO is a good word. NO is the final answer. NO is good!

[robertthompson]

Lying is not going to solve this problem.

[MsGrace-wubj]

"Honor thy mother and father does not mean honor their

[tanyaaustin]

Don't lie. Just keep your income between you and your spouse. It's nobody else's business

[lr]

Every time I listen to these conversations about issues people have with their parents, I am more and more grateful for mine.

[diceportz]

Just because someone asks doesn't mean you have to answer. You aren't taking a quiz and losing points if you don't answer.

[tombellamy]

If they don't know about it, they can't hit you up for "loans, " handouts, etc.

[helenwilson]

My MIL is the same way, but she’s broke. She believes she deserves to be reimbursed for raising her children and wants complete control of our lives. Last year my husband finally cut her out and blocked her number. It’s been the most peaceful year of our lives!

Edit: we’re in our early 30s and have been married for 5 years, together for 8, have 1 child and 1 on the way.

[kitrivers]

I was once asked by my Aunt how much i earned and i replied "if i tell you then could i borrow some money?"

[teresah.]

People like her mom and dad, sit back and read you because they know who use the word "No" and who doesn't.
The daughter probably never used the word no, so mom knows her daughter is easy, nice and tell her everything in the past about her financial situations.
Get a backbone daughter and say no when necessary and the more you give a reason why you can't do something the more pissed she's going to be. And leave it at that, she'll know you're serious about saying no.

[steveburden]

My wife's niece asked for 10k for a new prosthetic leg. My wife told her no she couldn't. That was hard but necessary .

[Joce]

Her parents wanting to corner her husband to find out how much money he made is just unbelievably shocking.

[kbanghart]

6:17 Her family corners and grills her husband?? Oh honey, hubby is going to leave sooner than later if you don't get this under control.

[SpicyKimchi-]

Never reveal your financial details to people you know. Intentionally or unintentionally, sometimes people’s insecurities will get the best of them…