I graduated college in December. I spent a lot of time picking a photographer for my senior portraits. I scoured social media and lots of money was spent on the hired photographer for my senior portraits. These portraits would take place 2 weeks before my actual graduation day. On the actual day of graduation, the University had stationed photographers in various places to get candid action shots of the event. When I got the university samples in the mail, I hated them. They felt rushed, I felt my biggest insecurities were highlighted and the background was poorly edited. Additionally, I was running on 3 days of NO sleep whatsoever, with a huge acne breakout on my graduation date. Needless to say the photos were…. horrible (in my opinion) No biggie however, I didn’t really mind. It was only the samples and we didn’t have to order any. I didn’t want to order any because I had perfectly curated/ edited photos from the hired photographer AND plenty of friends and family who took better photos of me day of. My mother also received the samples in her inbox (I wrote her email down to receive them) BUT, after seeing the photos I specifically said I did not want them printed, bought, gifted at.all.period. Fast forward 4 months, my mother is handing out the unwanted printed photos to family members after I specifically asked her not to do that. As I could have printed and handed out the nicer ones. What made me the most upset is the principal, that she deliberately did something I specifically advocated against and the annoying conversation that followed. After I explained that I was uncomfortable with her crossing a deliberate boundary that I set clearly and verbally, she disregarded it and claimed that she could cross my boundaries because it was her money that bought the (unwanted) photos and that I crossed her boundaries in my childhood. I said that it was a mute argument as children do not know how to set and cross boundaries but as now adults there was no reason to cross each other’s boundaries. She dismissed me and walked away and I haven’t spoken to her since. AITA for making this a big deal. I am thankful to have a mom who adores me however this is really only a small example of me expressing a discomfort with boundary pushing and her calling it a generational difference or “drama ”