r/toxicparents • • 23h ago

Being punished for being a woman

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Im 23 f and Im unfortunately living with my family till I pass my job probation and move out. my mum is extremely controlling and toxic but I have no other family so im stuck. For context she had me at 16 and we never saw eye to eye cause she had tantrums I have to deal with all time. Every month on my period I get the same bullshit, I get told I stink horribly or other stuff related to my hygiene. I shower regularly especially on my period since I have pcos my flow is so damn heavy, shes the only person that comments this none of siblings friends or anyone has ever has ever noticed this putrid smell she keeps smelling. I would walk in the room shes gagging or telling to change my clothes. Theres been time ive leaked cause of my heavy flow and I would obviously clean after myself but I would crucified while doing it. There was this one time I had clumps coming out and I was passing out in the shower from the amount of blood coming out of me and all she could do was complain. I dont know if this her being grossed out by periods but it honestly makes me really upset how she digs into me. I cant even avoid telling her since she checks the bins and goes through my laundry even after telling her to stop.


r/toxicparents • • 17h ago

Advice AITAH for locking my bedroom door and washing my sheets because my mom keeps laying naked on my bed ?

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I (20F) am currently living at home with my mom while working and going to college. I love my mom, but she has a complete lack and zero respect for my personal boundaries, and it’s driving me crazy.
My mom sometimes frequently has bladder accidents when she comes home from work. Directly after having an accident and going to the bathroom, she will come straight into my bedroom with absolutely no pants or underwear on. She will then lie sideways directly across my bed, placing her bare skin right on the pillow where I put my face to sleep.
Whenever I catch her doing this, I get completely grossed out and immediately strip my bed to wash my sheets and pillowcases. When I do this, she gets defensive says passive aggressive things like, "You're weird, you act like I'm not your mom." As if being my mom means it's okay to put her unwashed (or washed), bare body on my sleeping pillow.
Because of this, I have started locking my bedroom door. Now whenever the door is locked and ask what I’m doing, claiming I have "no reason" to keep the door closed. I genuinely feel like she does this on purpose to provoke me, because in the past, she has literally smiled when she saw how visibly irritated and stressed I was. The last time she tried it, I forced myself to give absolutely zero reaction, and I could physically see her looking at me to see if she was trying to get a rise out of me.
I am working hard to save up and move out as soon as possible, but in the meantime, am I crazy here? AITA for demanding a locked door and clean sheets?


r/toxicparents • • 12h ago

what should i do if i think my mom is going to kick me out the moment i turn 18?

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right now i still have a couple years till i turn 18, but my mom has said a few times before (especially when we argue) “just wait till you turn 18” and doesn’t talk to me—we just don’t have a good relationship in general, especially in recent years. i’m scared and don’t know how far she’ll go. (also i think even if she doesn’t kick me out, my parents would probably start charging me rent)


r/toxicparents • • 19h ago

Advice Need peaceful way to deal with toxic parents..

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I don't understand what to do in life, should I run away from home or take a small job for 8k-10k because staying at home is no longer possible and I'm not getting a job...

I don't even have the courage to commit suicide and I can't see a way forward, who made parents like gods in society... why can't a person just be a person...

If someone really wants to help, please tell me a peaceful way?🙏🙏


r/toxicparents • • 3h ago

Cheater dad exposed

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U ARE GONNA LOVE THIS TEAA TRUST was i wrong for exposing my dad for cheating!?

so since i was a kid i knew one thing about my dad he was a weirdo plus a creep and always hungry for women and a porn addict and growing up hearing my parents fight because well mom caught him cheating again🫩
BUT AS A KID I ACTED LIKE UM I DONT KNOW SHI UNTIL I TURN 13

So everyday after school i take religious classes one day my tablet wasn’t workin so i used my dads laptop well he offered it but he forgot to close one of his WhatsApp chats and i saw few msg of him with some girl so u know i was 13 and curious 👀

the chats were all about
-sendin money
-chating with young girls
-flirting
-porn
-making fun of my mom with his side chicks
-whats hurts the most is he was talking shi about his own kids to and sharing private things about us

so then i took pics of those screenshots and sended it to my mom and everything they had a fight and my mom told me she would act like i told her nothing she just found out herself but during the fight my mom actually told the truth and also told my dad my advice for divorce and all the shi i said about him my dad idk how manipulated her so much she became on his side with him instead of taking my side!? like hello the same men who tried choking u to death like few years ago!! so my dad then angrily came in my room and took his laptop in anger until
the next day he waited for my mom
to leave for work and then came in my room and manipulated me guilt trap me for hours and said shi like

“and u are convincing ur mom to divorce me?”

“just because i don’t say anything doesn’t mean i don’t know what kind of things u do on ur phone” like hello!! i just got caught once talking to a guy on my phone and trauma dumping cuz he is too busy for that and started comparing me to himself like hellooooooooo we might share the same dna but i am nothing like u dad ! I WAS 13 u were a 38 yr old talking to a 17 or 18 yr old!! ahahha at least i was just talking no forcing into nudes, porn, sending money, cheating on my wife KNOWING I HAVE 2 fucking kids at home!? and a daughter same age as a girl he is talking to who is he to compare himself to me hello!?

and he said alot of shi but when he went out for work and my mom came home i had a fight with her cuz she exposed me and told him EVERY FUCKIN SHI !? so
my mom called him on the spot and was like why did u got mad at her tho!! arent u ashamed this time ITS UR OWN DAUGHTER CATCHING U NOT ME U SAID U WOULD TALK TO HER NICELY WHY BE ANGRY ON HER ITS U NOT HER!? and he went like “oh so u are really gonna believe her and divorce me blah blah she is just a kid come onnn don’t believe her shi and who is she to invade my privacy and read my text”
and hahaha he created fake chats with his friends and showed me omg look
this girl i am talking to is my friend’s fiancee he gavel me her number to like talk to her and do a loyalty test like ahahahahahahahha so u have been loyalty testing for half of the year ahahah so u came up with an excuse for one of ur side chicks what about another ones well as u know he has a history of voilence and abuse and nobody was home at that time it was just me and him so i didnt said anything and played along
and he later huged me and i flinched when he came near me he was shocked and went like oh chill a dad cant even hug his daughter u mean everything to me blah blah and bought me and iphone 17 to shut my mouth btw
NOW COMESS THE REALLL TEAAAA
few months later we stopped talking about this and the whole family was forced to act normal but i was scrolling through instagram once and came
up with one of the picture of the girl which he called his friends so called finance and loyal testing ahahah bro i went to check her profile bro thats a whole different person and she is an actual influencer hahahaha her name was also different and everything about her and thats when i was like my dad got
scammed so badd bahaaha by a fake acc thinking it was actually a girl ahahah and he also sended her a-lot of money hahahah he lost all his aura plus money 😭🙏🏼🥀
i sended that acc to mom and few weeks later she showed it to dad he was like his eyes were so big and he was like “oh um um oh wha- i - ik about this” trying to act cool!?😭 so ur friends so called finance is a person who uses influencers pics to scam people🤣🤣🤣

anyways guys i lowkey hate my dad he should be in jail but my mom is only bearing him cuz of cultural shi and other stuff but i swear wait until i turn 18 my gawddddddddd

I am
14. now and everyone acts like normal about it and its like all of us are forced to act normal and i have stop taking sides or speaking up because ik no matter how much i speak up my dad is always gonna win so its better to stay quiet and bear this family for 3 more years then i turn 18 move out and never talk to anyone ever again🙂

and it surprises me how mad my dad gets mad when i am around a boy he gets a bad feeling in or just a men u know weirdos when u go out staring and everything he gets madd like what about u🫩 u are also doing that shi to someones daughter

KARMA SCARES ME I WISH I NEVER FIND SOMEONE LIKE MY DAD 🥀🙏🏼


r/toxicparents • • 20h ago

Advice How do i move out of my toxic parets house without a job?

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Whenever I talk to people about it, they tell me, 'You have to find a job.' Do they really think I haven't tried? I worked right after finishing college, saved up some money, and then absolutely nothing after that. For over a year now, I've spent entire days sending out CVs, and NO ONE RESPONDS TO ME. At this point, it feels impossible for me to find a job, but I can't keep suppressing my life while living under their roof either. I'm even thinking about building a small wooden shed in the garden and just staying there forever. I hate my family to death. My grandmother, though, literally keeps calling me all the time and it's so fucking annoyed that she doesn't get i dont want to talk to her anymore???But I don't want anything to do with them anymore. What should I do? Is living in the garden actually an effective idea until someone finally bothers to answer my CV? I just recovered from over year of alcoholism, depression, and many suicidal thoughts. I tried to kill myself twice in the last year and ended up in the hospital. Now I really need to build some peace around myself.


r/toxicparents • • 21h ago

Rant/Vent My Mom & me:⁠-⁠)

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My mom is a very toxic person. She constantly judges me and compares me to other people. She says things like, “Look, she got a job, and she even gives tuition classes. And you just sit at home all day. We can’t afford to keep feeding you forever.”

I’m 24 years old, and I’ve been preparing for government exams, but I haven’t been able to clear one yet. Every day, I wake up to taunts and criticism. She verbally abuses me throughout the day and even tells me that something terrible will happen to me in life

My relationship with her is extremely bad. Honestly, I don’t think we even have a 1% healthy relationship. Living like this is emotionally exhausting, and I feel like I can never do anything right in her eyes.


r/toxicparents • • 23h ago

Whenever my father sees me using the phone, he says that this is where the study is going on. Even though he might have seen me studying before, it is necessary for him to say this.Give me some brutal comebacks.

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r/toxicparents • • 19h ago

Rant/Vent I Had to Get an Order of Protection From my Mother

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My mother is manipulative and shows narcissistic tendencies. I haven't had a relationship with her in over 10 years and haven't spoke to her in over 7 (till this week).

So, a few times a year she tries to reach out, but the whole family has cut her out and we ignore her. Little annoying but it's a text here a missed call there, whatever. This week though, she went off the deep end. She started calling my work (I work in a public government job so my name and work number are public) and when I blocked her she *67 me so I wouldn't know it was her. She was also emailing a lot.

I accidentally answered the first *67 and spoke to her for a minute. I told her she is not my mom, she sounds high, and to move on. Then I hung up but she called 2 more times. 3rd time she left a message saying she would find me, she sent similar messages to other family.

I went to the courts and got a protective order but we have no idea where she lives and it is on me to try and find the right county to give the summons to. So I tried and heres hoping. We have court later this month. My family says I did wrong and should have just called in a complaint. They said, I am giving her the opportunity to speak in court and in that way she wins.

I am just so tired and want this over with. No one has heard from her the last 2 days thankfully.