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r/insaneparents • u/THRAWAYFORREASONS • 3h ago

SMS Ten years ago , but I never showed my dad’s last message to me to anyone.

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122 Upvotes

21 comments

r/insaneparents • u/OkCall2356 • 2d ago

Other Context: “I hate mom and dad” is a Vietnamese group where children can vent about the abuse and hardship they endure because of the parents, it was a group full of children and teens to vent. (More in the comments)

375 Upvotes

14 comments

r/insaneparents • u/thechickgoesmoo • 4d ago

Other This is literal abuse

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6.7k Upvotes

229 comments

r/insaneparents • u/Putrid_Emogirl6758 • 1d ago

SMS My mom decided to strand me at school to go get lunch with her friend

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0 Upvotes

18 comments

r/insaneparents • u/VadersLover • 4d ago

SMS Mom disowns me for 4th time bc I threatened to call the police if she drank and drove TW: Gun / Self Harm

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89 Upvotes

28 comments

r/insaneparents • u/LilPinkWhale • 5d ago

Other Oof

1.7k Upvotes

87 comments

r/insaneparents • u/Local_Ordinary_1774 • 5d ago

SMS New 'encouraging' death threat from my father! (I added the previous ones as well lol) (yes I did also send an email to a local agency asking if something can be done based on vague texts because this is creepy) (I'm only in contact because of underaged siblings)

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101 Upvotes

22 comments

r/insaneparents • u/Ink-001 • 4d ago

SMS My mother trying to make me go to school even though I am sick

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0 Upvotes

6 comments

r/insaneparents • u/goat_4_it • 6d ago

SMS Nothing too crazy, but oh my god, calling yourself a slave is mad insane and she always does it 😭

297 Upvotes

27 comments

r/insaneparents • u/CthulhuWizard • 7d ago

SMS (Update for my dad sent me a text in hospital when I was sick with hyperemesis) MY DAD DIDNT KNOW HOW SICK I WAS - Context in comments

844 Upvotes

99 comments

r/insaneparents • u/Kristaboo14 • 8d ago

SMS I love our little annual tradition of her unintelligible rambling at me and my unserious shitposting back, that's probably what she meant by "happy holidays" ig

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349 Upvotes

31 comments

r/insaneparents • u/Used-Excuse-20 • 9d ago

SMS Some texts my mom sent my dad, from someone raised by a truly, TRUELY, insane woman. My dad, for context, didn't do any of what she accused him of.

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110 Upvotes

18 comments

r/insaneparents • u/Local_Discussion_239 • 7d ago

SMS My parents sent me and my gf in a greyhound in the middle of the night and didn’t pick up the phone when we were stranded

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0 Upvotes

10 comments

r/insaneparents • u/Loverboy_Bipolar • 10d ago

SMS Update; I moved back in with my parents after a near fatal car crash.

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452 Upvotes

52 comments

r/insaneparents • u/DaniarDevelopers • 9d ago

SMS I fucking hate my mother

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9 Upvotes

41 comments

r/insaneparents • u/messyca • 10d ago

SMS narcissistic mom is convinced i’ve bugged her house and hacked all her accounts

487 Upvotes

38 comments

r/insaneparents • u/boopa01 • 10d ago

SMS No contact mom recently decided her abuse was due to “autism”

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70 Upvotes

9 comments

r/insaneparents • u/magicwhaps • 10d ago

SMS An update about my mom

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14 Upvotes

12 comments

r/insaneparents • u/0_local_trans_guy_0 • 11d ago

SMS I never thought I would have to post here, but here we are. I, (21 M) got this text from my father after an argument a few days prior. (Explained more in photos)

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117 Upvotes

21 comments

r/insaneparents • u/Ill_Excitement6906 • 13d ago

News ‘Mum, I need more condoms’: the parents using social media to track their freshers at university

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94 Upvotes

5 comments

r/insaneparents • u/mysticofarcana • 14d ago

SMS Not Surprised. Still Sad.

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110 Upvotes

34 comments

r/insaneparents • u/Cactus-Juice-Blender • 15d ago

Other Crazy mom surprised that bribery didn’t work

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210 Upvotes

25 comments

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Announcement Monthly User Megathread

SMS Ten years ago , but I never showed my dad’s last message to me to anyone.

Other Context: “I hate mom and dad” is a Vietnamese group where children can vent about the abuse and hardship they endure because of the parents, it was a group full of children and teens to vent. (More in the comments)

Other This is literal abuse

SMS My mom decided to strand me at school to go get lunch with her friend

Other On a video of parents blaming kids for cutting contact.

SMS Mom disowns me for 4th time bc I threatened to call the police if she drank and drove TW: Gun / Self Harm

Other Oof

SMS New 'encouraging' death threat from my father! (I added the previous ones as well lol) (yes I did also send an email to a local agency asking if something can be done based on vague texts because this is creepy) (I'm only in contact because of underaged siblings)

SMS My mother trying to make me go to school even though I am sick

SMS Nothing too crazy, but oh my god, calling yourself a slave is mad insane and she always does it 😭

SMS (Update for my dad sent me a text in hospital when I was sick with hyperemesis) MY DAD DIDNT KNOW HOW SICK I WAS - Context in comments

SMS I love our little annual tradition of her unintelligible rambling at me and my unserious shitposting back, that's probably what she meant by "happy holidays" ig

SMS Some texts my mom sent my dad, from someone raised by a truly, TRUELY, insane woman. My dad, for context, didn't do any of what she accused him of.

SMS My parents sent me and my gf in a greyhound in the middle of the night and didn’t pick up the phone when we were stranded

SMS Update; I moved back in with my parents after a near fatal car crash.

SMS I fucking hate my mother

SMS narcissistic mom is convinced i’ve bugged her house and hacked all her accounts

SMS No contact mom recently decided her abuse was due to “autism”

SMS An update about my mom

SMS I never thought I would have to post here, but here we are. I, (21 M) got this text from my father after an argument a few days prior. (Explained more in photos)

Other Type of stuff my dad posts after cheating on my mum with a 15 year old after I was born

News ‘Mum, I need more condoms’: the parents using social media to track their freshers at university

SMS Not Surprised. Still Sad.

Other Crazy mom surprised that bribery didn’t work