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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand having petty complaints about your parents or your inlaws but this trend on DCUM of whining about how a whole entire generation is just like your parents only reflects your own limited intelligence and knowledge of people.  Your anecdotal stories prove nothing about all boomers.  If this is the way you talk though I imagine your own kids will be blaming your generation for everything that annoys them some day.[/quote]
OP here. I didn’t mention generations, someone else did.

I’m just resentful because I make holidays special for my mom, take her out for dinner on her birthday and many other times throughout the year (which I pay for) and it would just be nice to be invited (yes, she invites) to dinner and not have to pay for not only myself, but also my mother, on my birthday.

I’m turning 37, since someone asked, twice.

I was just venting, and while you all make valid points, I still feel resentful. [/quote]

The problem is that you’re conflating two separate issues. When you invite someone over to your home, whether they are your mother or not, they’re your guest. You don’t keep score or expect them to chip in or pay their way by bringing a dessert.

This is a separate issue from your mother expecting you to pay for her meal on YOUR birthday. Someone above gave language to use to call her out on it. Either choose to do that, or simply stop going out for your birthday with your mother or stop being resentful. Those are your three choices. Pick one. You don’t get to be pissed off about something you choose not to address. That’s just wallowing in victimhood. At 37, that’s not a good look. [/quote]

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