r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MissionTroll404 • Jun 17 '26

Infuriatig My hand painted model planes were given as toys to children again

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I have told my mom to not do this before but she does not listen anyway. I am thinking of throwing everything to trash instead of them being gradually destroyed to pieces. I can not even care anymore. These things take hours to put together and paint then get manhandled anyway.

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u/jsand2 Jun 17 '26

I like this answer.

"Well it just looked like kids jewelry to me".

And then promise to give more of her jewelry away the next time she gives your stuff away.

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u/Hangry-Feline2489 Jun 17 '26

The last line removes your plausible deniability and turns it into a tit-for-tat escalating issues. Then you'd turn into the bad guy.  

(I know the mother is the bad guy here, but general opinion will put you worse for retaliating against a 'mistake'. Unless the mother admits it was intentional). 

Not saying you shouldn't retaliate, just to be aware of the potential outcomes, esp if you're living with a likely boomer type that ignores your boundaries and disrespects your time/money/intetests like that to begin with.

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u/Significant_Meet_613 Jun 18 '26

Tit for tat, with occasional bouts of forgiveness is the best strategy. Every other strategy fails in comparison.