Being told I can’t drink out of certain mugs

[ThePerkyCoralPoet]

I’m staying at my parents house and my dad has said “don’t drink out of my mug that’s the only one I can find that’s like this so you can’t have it drink from your own” so I said “you’re pathetic and this is exactly why you and I will never see eye to eye. Because you behave like a child”

I made my tea in another mug and never bothered speaking to him for the rest of my time here.

It’s his house. His mug. You’re out of order.
However, there’s clearly more going on here…

Why did you react so strongly to a man simply wanting to protect his favorite mug?

I don’t get on with him anyway. So a mug wouldn’t change a dynamic that suggests two people who don’t get on. He later walks over to my mother and says “she’s damaged the boot on her car by the way” none of his business because he doesn’t even pay for the car (apart from one insurance payment that I covered when the car came). He’s childish and pathetic.

You wouldn't be drinking out of any mug in my house if you talked to me that way.

I have favourite mugs, my son has favourite mugs, it's a pretty normal thing.
We don't use each others favourite mugs and we don't give them to guests.

I'm surprised you're old enough to have a child with an attitude like that.

Childish. Why act like I’m not his daughter. It’s a mug. He’s just pathetic.

I won’t give them to guests but between families it’s pathetic.

You are being a spoilt brat. Perfectly normal for an adult to have a mug of their own in their own home, you were incredibly rude.

There's only one person being childish here

Sorry misread, lets hope you don't have a child.

Over reactive much?

No. I’m not over reacting.

You really are.

My Dad also has two favorite mugs.

So why have you posted? What’s your AIBU?

And yes, you are over reacting.

I have my favourite mugs, I have my own mug at my parents house that has been there since I moved out 20 years ago. It’s my mug. Nobody drinks out of it apart from me! My mum and dad have their mugs too and so does my brother. You’re being unreasonable and making this about the mug when it’s really about you not liking your dad.

My mum has a favourite, my dad has 3 favourite mugs and a favourite wine glass. Dad also has a chair that's his, and mum has a sofa that's hers. Look how we manage to get along as a family....

I never let anyone drink out of the cup I kept for my father's coffee at my house. That is HIS cup although he's now died.

Can't see a problem with this unless you want to talk about any other problems?

Are you 13? Ridiculous

Where I've lived -at home with parents, student flat, with bf or H , with my own children we've always had our " own" cups or mugs. Our favourite one . And no one else would use it.
So I don't think its strange your Dad wanting his own special one.
However the antagonism between the two of you over the mug incident seems quite ott.

Do you not get on together OP?

Who is it who’s childish and pathetic?

You sound like a rude stroppy pain in the neck. It's a wonder you get invited anywhere.

What a miserable grumpy old man your father is.

We have our favoured mugs that we tend to use. Different ones for which type of tea or coffee etc. There's none of that snippiness about not using someone else's mug though!
It sounds like an easy way for him to wind you up. I'd be looking to stop staying with your parents if you've not already left.

We all have favourite mugs. I would ask my kids to use a different mug, but I don’t need to. They wouldn’t dream of it. And they have their own favourites!

The time to complain is if all the mugs are ‘the wrong one’. DM doesn’t let me use any of the scent mugs, only the crap ones. But she’s ridiculous and too old to argue with.

I think in the context of a loving dynamic you wouldn’t mind this at all, but as someone else has pointed out there must be lots else behind this and this has flicked a switch. Need to know more to know if
your response is unreasonable, I guess!