All this 22-year-old wanted to do was get ready for a night out after a busy day.

But when her mom asked to see vacation photos and didn’t get them immediately, things escalated fast—from bathroom door yelling to full-on car key confiscation.

Now she’s wondering if she was out of line… or just caught in the crossfire of a totally avoidable meltdown.

AITA for not sending my mom photos from my phone right when she asked

I’m 22 and staying with my parents over the summer before going back to school out of state for my senior year.

Yesterday I was at the gym and at about 5:30pm got a text from my mom asking if I’d be home soon so she could look at photos I’d taken of her on a recent trip we went on.

I got home at 6:30 pm and quickly took a quiz for an online class and then got ready to leave because I’d promised a friend I’d meet her at her house by 7:30pm and she lives about 20 minutes away.

Busy, busy.

At about 7:05, my mom asked if she could look through the photos. I didn’t really want her looking through my entire phone because I could have screenshots of texts between friends or other random embarrassing stuff that I just wouldn’t want her seeing.

So I told her that I was just about to head out because I had plans at 7:30, and that I would send her the photos the second I had a free minute.

She proceeded to go upstairs and bang on the bathroom door and yell at me as I finished getting ready, telling me to just give her my phone and that she needed the photos now.

Um, okay relax.

I went silent for a minute because I was kind of shocked that she was yelling at me suddenly and I didn’t want to say anything that could be rude.

She then took my car keys that I had left on the table so that I couldn’t leave the house. I don’t really think this is appropriate at all since I’m 22 and not a child.

Even if she was frustrated, it is no longer her responsibility to discipline me as if I were a teenager, especially over photos I said I would send.

Exactly.

I asked her if she had seen my keys and she told me she had taken them and would not give them back until I sent the photos of her. I told her this wasn’t appropriate to do. She continued to yell at me while I kept my voice low and didn’t cut her off or interrupt even when she was cutting me off.

I had my phone recording the interaction because I’ve gotten sick of the way she acts towards me and honestly wanted to confide in a friend afterwards and ask if she thought I did anything wrong.

My mom got very mad about that and I honestly understand where she’s coming from but also if she’s treating me in a way that she’s so terrified for anyone else to see, maybe she needs to be kinder.

Wow.

Anyway, I end up texting her the photos because she refused to give me my keys until I did. She tells me these “aren’t the right photos” and I tell her they’re the only ones I have.

She tells me that isn’t true so I once again check my camera roll and tell her these are still the only photos I have of her and that I would like my keys back.

She continues to try to argue with me over whether or not I have more photos of her, all while my poor friend is expecting me.

Wowwww.

Before she hands me my keys back, she tells me that I’m disgusting, disgraceful, and that she’s embarrassed that I’m her daughter…

What started as a simple photo request turned into a power struggle, complete with yelling, door pounding, and emotional low blows.

Despite trying to keep the peace, she was berated and held hostage in her own home until her mom got what she wanted—kind of.

Everyone on Reddit agrees: NTA at ALL.

Like, this is grounds for cutting her off.

The mom was acting like a complete spoiled brat.

When “send me those pics” turns into a hostage negotiation, maybe it’s time to ask who’s really being immature.

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