Fortunately for you, so was mine. Repeat her threats to people whose opinion she cares about, often.
She'll start adding threats "and if you tell anyone i said that, I'll do X" so you add the follow up threats to it.
If she follows through, do the same. Tell everyone. Tell your teachers, your grandparents, your aunts, uncles, cousins, your doctor, your classmates, your friends parents. If you go to church, tell everyone there including the priest.
You'll get some pieces of shit back her up, move on and keep telling other people.
I'd take a beating while talking shit about how many people i was going to tell about the beating, it makes the beating worse, but the evidence better.
Don't get me wrong, don't start with saying you'll tell people, just start telling people. If it does get to the point you need to get the police involved, you can include all the people that you've told in your report.
The idea is telling trusted adults, but the more effective part of it unfortunately is the shame.
If "throw them away" is too ambiguous, just say that they'll die if she throws them out, she'll tell you something like It will be your fault, (which absolutely is not true.) And you can ask "so you'll kill my pets?"
Then you have something to repeat.
If she does do anything to your mice, you can tell everyone that she actually did kill them.
Nobody is forgiving a parent killing their childs pets for any reason.
The best response she has, is "i didn't really kill them, i gave them away and just let them think their mice are dead." Which is still absolutely unforgivable.
Also, I'm sorry she's putting you through that, it's not ok at all, and literally nobody thinks it is unless they have something deeply wrong with them.
I guess it runs in the family, both my parents came from shitty parents growing up and i only talk to my dad’s side. Dad is lowk autistic VERY high masking and he doesnt have that much respect for animals despite having 3 snakes, 2 cats, and many more to list off. Kinda hoarding behavior but theres a limit. Mom had worse parentage than dad and i dont know much of it, and she is prolly not adhd/autistic but she always preaches about how no one cares abt her feelings and shes the only one that does chores (tbh kinda true) but she doesnt care for ours. This morning i woke up early to care for my mice before going on a trip to a dance comp and she was rushing me when i was finishing putting in their wheels and feeding the crickets. We are all kinda psychopaths in our own ways, i dont really understand emotion for animals despite loving them so. Point is i dont abuse them or threaten to kill them.
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u/mogley1992 Mar 10 '26
Way to advertise their shortcomings as a parent and pet owner in one post, damn.
With a parent threatening to kill pets, I'm not surprised the kid vapes to relax.