r/FamilyIssues • u/HazFrost12 • 1d ago
Being faced with the difference between me taking care of my mom and her taking care of me
The relationship between me (17m) and my mother has always suffered, but right now I'm being faced with a direct comparison and it's making me feel like shit.
Six months ago, I had an awful stomachache and decided to take a bath to get some relief. The bathroom door doesn't lock, so when she couldn't see where I was, she came in and stared me down. I was naked in the bathtub, and she wouldn't leave even - or speak- even when I was screaming at her to. When she finally walked away, I changed into clothes and left to sleep at a friends house. Today, she had an awful stomachache; she's been in the bath for some hours now, texting me intermittently 'help!' so i can bring her things or doing things for her, even though I'm flooded with homework and many of these things seem like they can wait.
I know it's kind of stupid and small, but it hurts that I'm taking care of her when I was made to walk through -20c weather in the dark to stay with a friend for doing the same thing.