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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Sudden-Top5397 on 2023-07-26 21:51:33.
I went out with my mom and we took my kids to an ice cream shop. Jay 11 is obsessed with chocolate. My mom was supposed to be the one paying for my kid’s ice cream it was supposed to be her treat. Everything is fine until Jay orders the death by chocolate Sundae. It was $3 more than the other kids and as about as ridiculous as it sound. With brownies, hot fudge, rocky road ice cream. I decided to just split the death by chocolate with Jay.
My mom told Jay to pick something more appropriate and started lecturing him on not get get the most expensive thing if other people are buying. Jay really wanted the sundae so I told my mom to I’ll get separately and that didn’t please my mom.She refused to pay for my other kid’s ice cream. I told my mom that’s fine I’ll just buy those to. My mom said that’s not the point it’s the principle and Jay was being ungrateful. I told my kids fine, and drove my mom back home since she was in a mood over ice cream. My mom huffed saying how I don’t get that she’s trying to teach my kids to be different and not entailed brats. I drop my mom off and take the kids back to get their ice cream including Jay’s death by chocolate.
My mom keeps trying to explain to me why I’m wrong in what I did and Jay needs to learn he doesn’t always need to get what he wants. She was trying to teach him a lesson. I told her the only lesson she’s teaching my kids is that grandma is grumpy so they won’t want to go out with you or be around you. My mom thinks I’m being a total ass over this and made a big deal over nothing.