I think you're very normal. If anyone here is not normal it's your mother. People shouldn't have to work for Christmas money if the money is a gift. And just because a gift happens to be a sizable amount of money doesn't mean it absolves the giver of any debt they owe the person the gift is being bestowed upon. Your mother sounds very opportunistic and I'm truly sorry she is choosing to behave this way towards you, her child. But what you can do is to not be like her and not treat your children, should you have any, in such an opportunistic way.
I feel misunderstood/like an object. IIN?
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I think you're very normal. If anyone here is not normal it's your mother. People shouldn't have to work for Christmas money if the money is a gift. And just because a gift happens to be a sizable amount of money doesn't mean it absolves the giver of any debt they owe the person the gift is being bestowed upon. Your mother sounds very opportunistic and I'm truly sorry she is choosing to behave this way towards you, her child. But what you can do is to not be like her and not treat your children, should you have any, in such an opportunistic way.