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Hey Pandas, AITA For Rejecting My Mom’s Request To Play Cards Right Before Family Game Night?

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For years now, my mom and I have played Skip-Bo every night except Fridays. I game online those nights. While I lose 95% of the time, we still have fun playing. However, it does get repetitive (especially losing) and I’ve been wanting a change-up. We have hundreds of other games.

Recently my dad spoke up about the repetitiveness and suggested we make our Monday Breakfast Dinner Nights our game nights (GN) where we all play a different game

Hey Pandas, AITA For Rejecting My Mom's Request To Play Cards Right Before Family Game Night?

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I was 100% in and mom did agree, however… come the first day for GN, mom asked if we could play cards earlier so we could still get it in. The point of GN was to take a break from Skip-Bo but I (reluctantly) agreed to our hands (we play 4 hands a game) after I got HW done as I know she gets sad when we don’t play. Because of that, I did have to rush through it and I also had to reschedule my plans to straighten up my room so we could get them in before GN later.

Flash to now. It’s GN again. I had spent most of the day studying and taking my online exam (roughly 11:50am-5:50pm). I was so invested in it I skipped lunch so by 5:50 I was HUNGRY! I wasn’t in the mood for breakfast-dinner so I decided to make my quick dinner to eat (10 mins tops to make).

As I was setting up to make dinner, my mom yet again asked to play Skip-Bo

Hey Pandas, AITA For Rejecting My Mom's Request To Play Cards Right Before Family Game Night?

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Mind you it is already 5:50, we start GN around 7 after dad comes home and makes dinner, and I still had to make my own dinner before he got home.

I bluntly told her no as it was too late to get in 4 hands and it was GN

Hey Pandas, AITA For Rejecting My Mom's Request To Play Cards Right Before Family Game Night?

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While I’ll admit I might have come off a bit snippy, I was hungry and did not feel like trying to cram in 4 hands of cards while making dinner and clearing up before dad came home and made dinner so we could do GN. Especially after hours of staring at a white school site screen.

So AITA for telling my mom no?

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arthbach 1 month ago

Mam clearly loves Skip-Bo. It might be easier if you include that particular game within games night. Each person could take it in turns deciding on what games to play. Your Mam might well choose to play this gave every time it is her turn.

4points

lenka 1 month ago

NTA. Is your mum usually this inflexible about things?

2points

Weasel Wise 1 month ago (edited)

I find it weird that Mom wants to keep playing a game where OP constantly loses. What's the fun in a game that has no challenge? And seeing the same opponent/family member routinely dismayed would make me wanna switch the game up just for the sake of their feelings. Unless she gets some sorta pleasure outta watching OP lose over and over again? I'm leaning towards the latter, as I've seen this behavior from narcissistic family members. "Let's play the same game again cuz I get to watch you suck at something again."

1point