/r/insaneparents
/r/insaneparents is a weird place where you can post those crazy parents who post in those woo-woo anti-vax groups on facebook and do things harmful (directly and indirectly) to their children. Things posted here do not have to be physically abusive. Abusive and insane are not mutually exclusive. The Anti-Vax mom you know isn't legally abusive, but you know she's insane for not vaxxing her kid.
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because i’m dating my girlfriend.
not sure what my mom was expecting here when she first messaged me. i’m 23 and i live with my girlfriend (im a lesbian) she’s referring to my relationship in these messages.
05:07 UTC
My drunk mom after I asked her in person to turn down the music she's blasting through my walls, which I can hear via bass/vibration through my walls after she PAID MY YOUNGER SIBLINGS to say they don't hear it. This happens several times a week, so needless to say, I'm a tad irritated.
02:20 UTC
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This thread is for you to tell us about your insaneparents. Please use it in lieu of the ability to post text posts. You may also have been referred here for other various reasons -- you can see those on our wiki. We urge users to frequently check this thread and sort by new. You can also join our public Discord by following this link.
15:01 UTC
This bitch I used to go to church with made her kid be a cactus for Trunk or Treat
I blocked the kids' faces, but believe me when I say that this poor girl looked absolutely miserable.
14:14 UTC
It's days like these I'm glad we have a few state lines in between us
23:18 UTC
My mom started the day asking for help after going no contact for a month
And ended it having to email us after being blocked on everything else, threatening a restraining order when we checks notes screenshotted and posted her own words to us on social media. I guess it was just that easy to get her to leave us alone
22:43 UTC
Mam, you put a TRACKER IN HER CAR
Imagine you're a poor 17 year old, you confront your mom about a tracker in your car. Your mom lies to your face about it. Now, is it a creepy person you've met somewhere? A old pervert? Only to find out it's your mom and she lied to you. Then she makes herself the victim. That poor girl.
13:23 UTC
Yet another update on my mom wanting to bring her problematic BF to my wedding…
She still hasn’t texted or called to congratulate me or anything. In fact, she texted me to try and argue with me! I ignored her.
My sister went to her house to pick up the clothes she bought her for the wedding and my mom was asking her if I was mad at her for “being sick” and my sister just told her that she messed up for not going to my wedding. Then my mom asked her for $50. My sister told her that she was broke because “I had to buy everyone clothes for the wedding” to which my mom then asked if I had $50 and when my sister told her no she said “well didn’t they just get money and gifts from the wedding”.
The audacity! She didn’t come to my wedding and is now trying to swindle my wedding gifts from us. And she also tried to lie and say that she reached out to me asking about how everything went which is a lie. My sister basically told her off and left.
I swear you can’t make this shit up 🤦♀️ she was really trying to get money from me 🙃 I haven’t spoken to her since she said she couldn’t come and definitely don’t have any plans to especially not after her trying to get money from us all.
17:01 UTC