The original post: /r/amitheasshole by /u/emotionalbooklover on 2025-02-22 12:26:48.

my dad and i both wanted electric toothbrushes and there was a good sale at costco for a two pack. i had asked him if he could get it and i’d pay my half. it just so happened he also wanted to buy one so he said ok ill get it for us.

i get a text last night from my dad saying that my mom is gonna take the other toothbrush instead and that my dad is gonna just get me a birthday gift instead. (my dad never gives me gifts so i knew something was up). telltale sign for me that my parents have been arguing and now my mom wants this. i asked my dad why they’re arguing and he said it’s because she’s mad she didn’t get a toothbrush and that my dad didn’t consider her so she wants it.

obviously i’m mad cause i’m the one who kindly asked my dad to grab it for me since i don’t have a costco membership, but i told my dad it’s fine i’ll get my own somewhere else and my mom can have that one. but i didn’t do that without giving a snark comment to my mom of “mom you can have this, but maybe for the future you should also learn how to buy things yourself so you don’t get mad when dad and i are buying things… for ourselves…” (my mom gets mad EVERYTIME we make a tech purchase for ourselves. she had me buy a smart watch for her because i gifted one to my dad for christmas). she didn’t like my comment but that’s not a surprise

AITA for telling my mom that she can learn how to buy things for herself?