Overly-generous daughter doesn't give mother her usual ‘monthly contribution’ so she can have spending money on vacation, mother becomes ‘cold [and] distant’

When it comes to your parents, you likely want to give back what they gave you when you were a child. This means you're either dishing out insults left and right or helping them out financially! Welcome to adulthood.

Folks who have solid relationships with their parents often try to do right by their mom and pops as they grow older and need to depend on someone for emotional and financial support. Many parents gave up so much in order to solidify a bright future for their kids that it's only right the children do the same. That is, unless, your parents guilt-trip you when you don't cough up a monthly "contribution" because you want to have some spending money on vacation.

The daughter in this next story expresses that her mother set a toxic precedent in the family: The daughter is responsible for funding her mother's lifestyle. Despite having a $1400 equivalent pension in Colombia, the mother still expects her to give her $250 every single month. For once, the daughter has prioritized her wants and needs, but her mother is not happy about it.