📝 AITA for getting upset at my mom agreeing with me.

By thezaiscoming • Score: 2 • April 7, 2025 4:00 AM


Sorry if this is weirdly written or too rambly. I haven't posted here before. Tell me if you need more details!

So I was talking to my mom on the way home from my Youth Group, telling her about how I was going to try to make a video game. I don't usually tell her a lot about my personal projects because I feel like their complex, but I thought she would appreciate and understand this one. She was intrigued and impressed when I told her about. I then starting talking about how I like having big projects to do, because sometimes I feel like I spend too much time on my phone. She immediately said, "I definitely agree you spend too much time on your phone." in a joking manner. This immediately snapped me out of my passion-speak because this is one of my biggest insecurities. I let her know that I didn't appreciate her saying that and she said it was just her opinion and I say things like that about her all the time (I do like to be honest, but I don't ever belittle her like that). I grew pretty upset and started to argue to her about it. She started apologizing but I told her it sounded more like wanted to stop arguing rather than actually caring about my feelings. I haven't spoken to her since we got home, but from what I can tell she believes I overreacted. So, AITA?

Edit: Thought I should probably add that I'm 16M and my mom is 52F. Also thank you guys for your insights in the comments, after thinking about it longer I realize I was in the wrong and I will apologize to her soon.

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