Daughter Throws Away Her Mother's Christmas Gift After She Was Accused Of Being A Thief

Christmas is that time of the year when families get together, whether they are divorced or not. For some, it may seem like a terrific opportunity to catch up and mend some rifts at the end of the year, but for others, it is a living nightmare.

The holidays may seem like a foolproof excuse for reconciliation, but certain incidents truly prove that sometimes, detaching yourself from your family is the best thing for your mental health. This may be true in the particular story shared on Reddit regarding a Christmas fiasco involving a girl, her sister, and their divorced parents.

The story begins when the girl and her sister, who are living with their dad, were visited by their mother—who gave them gifts and helped them prepare a Christmas dinner. All was well until their mother lost some money that, for some reason, she had hidden in one of her daughter's rooms in the house of her ex-husband.

She told her daughter that her sister swore she didn't take it, so she proceeded to accuse her because she was the only other person who knew about it. However, even after a series of questions from her daughter asking if she should recall whether she had already spent it, the mother began to accuse her even more and took the opportunity to bring up a similar situation that had happened a few years back.

Enraged, she took her mother's gift and threw it away because they kept insisting that she was a thief. She blocked her mother's number and cried for hours.

And guess what? They found the money themselves. Check out the story and what the people of Reddit have to say in the replies below!

"AITA for throwing away my mother's Christmas gift?"

Very, very weird indeed. Is her ex-husband's house her personal bank or something?

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All those accusations for nothing.

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Also, she's reeking of favoritism—and not in an adorable motherly way.

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She should try being a decent mother who isn't manipulative for once, too.

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There's more than what meets the eye, or in this case, a Reddit post. But if the default situation involves OP being an innocent daughter, then it really is not nice for them to make such accusations.

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The mom may have tried to scam her.

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This is a trauma response.

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No one toxic should ever deserve your presence.

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Red flag, red flag, red flags everywhere!

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Cutting off someone who has never been good to you will be the hardest but greatest thing you will ever do.

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Her fault.

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Did they?

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How their relationship is valued.

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It's the holidays, for everyone's sake.

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Cheers to this.

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Oh, the trauma that lies behind this story is palpable.

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Same.

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It's unfortunate that so many people can relate to this!

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We can never control what kind of parents or family we have in life, but we can always control how to cut them off when we necessarily need to. While it's true that the holidays are a time for loved ones and family to be together, it's also not an excuse for them to be unkind to you.

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