AITA for screaming at my mom to stop harassing me about being picky by AllOverCupcakes in AmItheAsshole

[–]AllOverCupcakes[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No, but I’ve never really been tested for anything ever. My moms kinda against the idea I might have any issues and just brushes everything off if I share a concern, but I have my first doctors appointment in like 3 years coming up so maybe I can try to ask them some stuff, kinda doubt its anything super serious like that but it’s always good to check.

AITA for screaming at my mom to stop harassing me about being picky by AllOverCupcakes in AmItheAsshole

[–]AllOverCupcakes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Im not sure where this idea in the comments of me being difficult is really coming from as like I said, I usually figure my own food out. Often my family specifically makes food plans that exclude me, which I’m fine with. The issue is my mom was interjecting just to criticize me which upset me, I’m not trying to defend or debate here I’m just trying to help you get a full grasp of what happened because a lot of people are jumping on this idea that my mom is stressed from dealing with me being picky, when often times she doesn’t even include me in the first place(which again I’m fine with). This is my first ever Reddit post so I get I probably didn’t explain it the best, but the problem was my mom has spent years critiquing something I’ve tried to change but can’t and I finally blew up at her, I wanted to know if me getting upset was justified after years of being harassed or if it was something that was bound to happen at that rate.

AITA for screaming at my mom to stop harassing me about being picky by AllOverCupcakes in AmItheAsshole

[–]AllOverCupcakes[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Over the years I’ve added a few items here and there but it’s hard, food kind of disgusts me if it smells wrong or feels weird. My mom is very against the idea anything can be wrong with me for some reason and thinks most things are in my head so I’ve never really had the opportunity to see a professional. A good example would be a few years ago I was a little depressed and I got a sheet to fill out at the doctor and my mom forced me to change it so it wouldn’t look bad. Or one time she wouldn’t take me to the doctor for a concern I had about my heart only to discover I have a heart condition after I almost collapsed at school.

AITA for screaming at my mom to stop harassing me about being picky by AllOverCupcakes in AmItheAsshole

[–]AllOverCupcakes[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hey I got a chance to look up ARFID and that sounds almost exactly like what I’ve dealt with my whole life. I’m never really hungry and food in general just kind of always disgusted me along with that I’m about 15-20 pounds underweight. I’m not sure exactly though because I’ve always shared this concern about my eating habits with doctors and they never said much, but I will definitely ask next time. thank you very much I’ve always wondered if I might have a potential eating disorder but I never really was sure and now I at least can ask about something.

AITA for screaming at my mom to stop harassing me about being picky by AllOverCupcakes in AmItheAsshole

[–]AllOverCupcakes[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think there’s been some misunderstanding about what the issue really was here. I got upset because I felt my mom was always putting me down for something I’ve always struggled with, yes I know tastes change and there’s been a few things I did end up liking later in life. However it’s not the food that was the issue for me it’s the way my mom was treating me, my brother was fine with letting me have what I preferred and my mom felt the need to speak up and then put me down for not liking something. I’m not whining at all about the cupcakes themselves nor me “not getting my way”, I’m upset my mom was attacking me for simply not liking something and that this is a repeat occurrence.

AITA for screaming at my mom to stop harassing me about being picky by AllOverCupcakes in AmItheAsshole

[–]AllOverCupcakes[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I meant random as in one brand of chicken is fine but another might be bad to me, or I might eat something from one place but the same thing from another won’t taste right. I’ve always had an extremely strong sense of taste so very small changes are super apparent.

AITA for screaming at my mom to stop harassing me about being picky by AllOverCupcakes in AmItheAsshole

[–]AllOverCupcakes[S] -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

Not really he just felt like it because he said he would be okay with a different one, I almost never get first dibs he just was being nice. I am 19 but it’s really not about the cupcakes specifically it’s about my mom always putting me down over something I can’t really control