Mum locked in bitter argument with adult daughter after refusing to attend her lizard gender reveal – 9Honey

A mum has asked the internet if she is acting unreasonable after she refused to attend her daughter's lizard gender reveal.

The anonymous woman, 48, took to Reddit to request advice as the argument with her 23-year-old daughter quickly descended into a fight about her decision to remain child-free.

Posting online, the upset mother admitted she "found it weird" to be invited to a pet's gender reveal and refused to turn up to the party only for her daughter to interpret it as resentment for not having her grandchildren.

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"This is literally really stupid but she's really upset about it," the woman started the post. "So my daughter has a blue tongue skink who she heavily adores.

"She jokingly refers to it as her daughter, I've found it weird but she says it's because it's the closest thing she'd have to a child and she feels a strong emotional bond similar to a child."

The daughter had invited her mother to the "joke" gender reveal for the skink, explaining it was more a reason to catch up with friends and family she hadn't seen in a while.

"She said that it wasn't a real gender reveal, that was more of a joke and it was really just a small gathering to catch up with everyone," the woman continued.

"I told her if that was the case she should've just called it a gathering because I'm not coming to a gender reveal unless it's for a real granddaughter."

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The woman explained her daughter had decided to not have children and she was "supportive" of her choice.

However, after not turning up to the tongue-in-cheek gender reveal, she said the topic became a sore point between them.

"She got quiet for a minute and then turned my words around, claiming I wasn't supportive of her decision to be childfree," the woman added.

I told her she can't possibly expect me to treat a lizard as a granddaughter, she said she didn't expect me to but it was clear I didn't respect her bond with her lizard and her decision, and she just wanted to see me and my reason for coming was hurtful."

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"I told her she was being ridiculous over a lizard, she claimed it wasn't over the lizard and it was a gathering and not even centred around the lizard, but I stick by to what I said. It's ridiculous to have a gender reveal for a lizard."

After their heated conversation, the woman revealed her daughter's best friend sent her a message calling her an "a---hole" for not joining them at the party.

Asking Reddit users if she was in the wrong, the confused mum received countless comments from people who suggested the woman was likely "resentful" that her daughter wasn't giving her grandchildren.

Others said the woman should have realised it was simply an excuse for the daughter to spend time with her mum.

"Literally, it was obvious OP's daughter just wanted to see her and then she flipped it and said the lizard isn't her granddaughter," one person commented.

"Yeah, YTA, but it's not because you won't be there to celebrate the revealing of the lizard genitals. It's just because your daughter wanted to spend time with you, and you brushed her off Cats in the Cradle style," another said.

One mused: "I'd also like to point out, OP is probably harbouring resentment about grandkids, and that is coming through as well."

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