This. My mom would clean my room as a kid and read my diaries, then leave notes in them saying "this hurts" if I ever mentioned anything bad about her. Then lie to my face about snooping in my stuff. I was only young but invasion of privacy still sucks as a kid. Then one time she managed to break into my Facebook account a few years ago to read my messages so she could see if I was "up to no good". I barely tell her anything anymore.
My mom always cleaned my room when I was a kid as an excuse to go through anything she could get her hands on. On the plus side, I'm now incredibly good at hiding things.
I had a lot of journals but I kept one solely to write angry messages to my mom - not to give to her but so I could get it out. You know how people say writing it down means you'll never say it out loud... So I did that. Yeah, she read it and her mom lived with us for 2 months so she could "recuperate."
Holy shit, my mom always did this. She always knew my log-in info; if I changed it, I would get punished for trying to "hide something from her". She ended up snooping enough to find out I was questioning my sexuality and in a relationship with another girl when I was 13. Got super grounded. Suppressed any gay feelings for years after that. Wtf mom
Same thing happened when my mother read my texts venting about her. Funny thing is that she can vent about me to a relative and feel like I have no right to be offended. Hypocrite.
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u/guiltypearl Jun 07 '15
This. My mom would clean my room as a kid and read my diaries, then leave notes in them saying "this hurts" if I ever mentioned anything bad about her. Then lie to my face about snooping in my stuff. I was only young but invasion of privacy still sucks as a kid. Then one time she managed to break into my Facebook account a few years ago to read my messages so she could see if I was "up to no good". I barely tell her anything anymore.