Holiday Support Thread - Need to talk but don't want to make a post? Comment here!

What is it about narc parents and ruining holidays?

My parents just can't seem to let anybody enjoy themselves or be happy.

Mother's Day was just a nonstop barrage of passive-aggressive texts, emails, and voicemails. Today it was all calls asking why my siblings and I didn't respond to their hostile and manipulative texts, emails, and voicemails.

After angrily asking why my daughter and I didn't do anything for my NMom for Mother's Day, he asked what I did instead. Was I spoiled with presents? Was I pampered? Did I go to a fancy spa?

No, I just stayed home and got caught up on housework. At one point my daughter gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek. It was great.

He suggested that I punish my daughter for being thoughtless and not giving me anything so she doesn't grow up to be an ungrateful little bitch like me.

My daughter is one and a half. She doesn't even talk yet, and she certainly doesn't understand the concept of holidays.

Then I remembered that yeah, as long as I can remember, NDad had punished me for not doing enough for him on holidays. He didn't like his gifts, or his cards, or he felt unappreciated...

He literally thinks that toddlers should be responsible for remembering holidays, validating their parents egos and buying them presents. And he thinks they deserve beatings if all doesn't meet his expectations.

That man is a monster and when he dies I think will mark a new holiday on my calendar to celebrate that I will never have to fear him again.

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