u/merakivvh

I (15F) am on summer break. My parents (both 40) run a business together. Now that it’s summer, I’m expected to manage most of the house. I’m fine with doing regular chores, but if I forget to do something, she freaks out easily and gets extremely upset.

Recently, I forgot to take the dog outside because I was busy with online coursework, and he ended up peeing on the floor. My parents came home yelling. I apologized and offered to clean it up, but they refused to let me and sent me to my room.

My room isn’t the most organized, but it’s not filthy or poorly maintained. I had a box of back-to-school clothes that I had ordered a while ago and hadn’t put away yet. For context, I usually make purchases using my mom’s Apple Card that’s installed on my phone for convenience. I have plenty of birthday money, so whenever I use the card, I pay her back in cash because most of the places I shop are cashless.

She came into my room extremely upset, yelling that I was ungrateful and didn’t pull my weight around the house. She grabbed a trash bag and started stuffing my newly purchased clothes into it. I had already paid her back the $500 I spent on those clothes because I’m transferring to a new school that doesn’t require uniforms. She also threw various other clothing items I had lying around into the bag, saying that she bought them and I didn’t appreciate anything. I didn’t say anything back because I didn’t want to make the situation worse.

Now my clothes are sitting in trash bags by the door, waiting to be thrown away. A few minutes after she left my room, I approached her and asked her not to throw them away, but she didn’t respond. My dad told me I was being unreasonable for asking that and said I should have been more responsible. He also insists that the clothes won’t actually be thrown away, but I’m not convinced. My mom often feels the need to prove a point in situations like this, and after telling me she’d “show me crazy,” I genuinely believe she might go through with it. Am I in the wrong or being irrational at all, or just an asshole? Edit: The dog has puppy pads, my parents just don’t like him using them. The dog isn’t my main responsibility as I primarily care for our new kitten myself entirely but I understand I still failed to meet his needs