I’m mad about my mother giving me a Christmas gift in an iphone box. (I’m 30 make my own way, have my own place.) She wanted to film my reaction. Then she got angry I wasn’t excited seeing the box “what? is it the wrong color? I guess I can take it back to the store and get you the right color..” She was looking around watching people’s faces for disapproval in my direction. I knew it wasn’t a phone. I’m not mad about the phone. I’m mad that I’m center of attention in a room full of people who all wonder why I’m not reacting to getting a perceived Iphone. I’m mad she wanted to cause me pain/discomfort/make me look bad infront of my children, my sister’s family and her new family. It didn’t pan out for her. She wanted me to look foolish and greedy. She stopped filming when the true relationship dynamic started to appear. Told me I was “no fun and needed to grow up”. I went through hell growing up at her hand. I went out of my way to help her new family. Lending my truck without the expectations of gas $, helping them move, cleaning storage units, also driving 50 miles to fix my step sisters car for free.. They never paid me back for the parts.. She still wants me to look like an ungrateful brat. In the grand scheme it doesn’t matter. Her behavior is her own… But I can’t help but be hurt and mad.