A mum was left embarrassed when her 16-year-old daughter failed to turn up for the birthday party she had thrown for her – opting to go to her dad's instead.
While it may seem like a cruel thing to do – the daughter shared her reasons why in a forum post – and many people ended up siding with her.
Taking to popular forum Reddit, the tee, whose parents are divorced, explained that it was her mum's turn to throw her a birthday party – but as it was a big milestone she was worried it would be "lame".
In a forum post, she explained: "This year it was my mum's turn to throw me a party, however, my mum's parties are always so lame and this was my 16th party so I wanted something cool."
She went on to explain that the reason she didn't want her mum to throw the party was because she "always invites her family who have a bunch of little kids that I don't like".
The anonymous teenager complained further: "She won't even get my favourite cake because it's peanut butter cake and my brother is severely allergic to peanut butter, and she gives me some crappy cheap gift and gets food from some cheap awful restaurant or even worse – cooks herself."
She told her mum she would rather spent it with her dad, but she insisted on throwing her a party anyway.
The post continued: "I told my dad to throw me a party and it was awesome until my mum called crying, telling me how much I embarrassed her by not showing up to the party she threw and everyone at the party saw the pictures I posted on instagram from my dad's party".
Forum users were very divided on whether or not the teen was being selfish in her decision to not turn up to the party her mum had arranged for her.
On one hand, some people thought she was acting "spoiled". One person said: "Definitely a spoiled brat... 'Lame, crappy, cheap' definitely sounds spoiled. Sounds like mum can't afford to take everyone to the nice restaurant she wants, but maybe dad can. I assume that's why she would prefer dad to host."
Another agreed saying: "Entitled, entitled, entitled. That would have absolutely ruined your mum who was just trying to show you love in the way that she can."
However, others understood where she was coming from because it was a milestone birthday, and she did tell her mum not to do it.
One person said: "I understand that mum may have other priorities but for this one birthday, she could have prioritised OP [original poster]. Dad was listening and willing to make OP's birthday the event she hoped for."
Another added: "Sounds like mum uses her kid's birthday to throw a get-together for her family. She doesn't ask OP what she wants. She insisted on throwing the kid a party despite the kids' protests. OP may be a little spoiled and immature but what 16yo isn't?"
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