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.

Yanbu

This is a massive overreaction to being told not to use a particular mug.

There’s got to be more to this than just an argument over a mug, surely?

But then I've no time for people overly attached to stuff hoarders

You both sound very similar, maybe that’s why you don’t get on..

This so @ThePerkyCoralPoet he's s dick for wanting that mug, but you also wanting same mug is a hero/victim?

We all have our own mugs in our house. I wouldn't mind if my dd used my mug, but we like each other.

Where I work, we all have our own mugs. It's close to war being declared if soemone drinks out of someone else's mug - it comes across as an almighty 'this is yours, but fuck you.'

Do you have to stay there in future? If you want to see your Mum you could book a hotel nearby and meet mum only or have her visit you?

(I don't really understand about the car and the payment tbh)

If one of my kids asked me not to drink out of their favourite mug we would have a good laugh about it and I’d do some leg pulling. Bit weird to be all daggers about a mug. Time to move on.

Loads of people have favourite mugs? My son Has certain ones he loves, none of us would use them. I only like drinking out of Emma bridgewater mugs.
I think you’re being really brattish. I’m sure there are plenty of other mugs you can use.

Surely this is clickbait, unless there's a massive backstory which will then be drip fed . We all have favourite items that we don't share in our house, mugs, towels, a couple of other things, I've never considered it childish or pathetic. Can't understand why the Op is so outraged by this.

I have a mug in my cupboard that I've known about it for 40 yrs but it could easily be 50 even 60 yrs old and I used it every time I was at. My Aunty Lily's and when she moved into her nursing home she gave it to me as she knew how much I love it. It is at the back of the cupboard so that my children don't touch it and break it.

My dad also has a mug that is more like a bucket and all the people in the nursing home know it is his mug and how he likes his coffee.

No I don’t see eye to eye with him. Never have and I don’t think I ever will.

Not sharing a mug is childish and weird. It’s ok to have a favourite but to deny others is bizarre

We have mugs. Anyone can drink out of any mug but when it has a big M on it for Monday and my DD has a big D on hers then she’s going to choose her mug. I also have a favourite mug because it’s bigger - I don’t tell people not to use it but they know I prefer it.
But this isn’t about mugs at all. I’d stop visiting and if you want to see your mother invite her to stay with you.,

It’s not clickbait. No. Me and my dad don’t get on generally so I just don’t understand the concept of gate keeping a mug. At work, yes. No one should touch my mug. But at home. Makes no sense.

But this could equally apply to you op!

op YABU
you sound like a nasty piece of work and wouldn't it be better all round if you found somewhere else to live

Threads like this make me so glad I don't have kids. Poor man.

It's not your home though, is it.

@ThePerkyCoralPoet If you don’t get on with him, It might be best not to stay with them in future as @RedNine says.

No point staying with someone whom you don’t get on with.

Yeah the back story is I don’t really get on with him. Nothing major to report. So this just adds another layer to the story. My mum told him to stop being pathetic and let her use the mug. But again, waste of time because by then I was already peed off with him

Pick a different mug. I can see why you don't get on if you're this annoying.

It's true when they say adults revert into the children they were when they visit their parents.

You are a guest in their house and your behaviour is OTT. Regardless of backstory.

If you can't stand your dad that much then you need to stay away from him, not stay in their house and get on with your life. If anyone called me pathetic in my own house, they would be shown the door. Whether they were my child or not.

So it's just a mug, so you should be allowed use it, but if you can't drink from that mug....armageddon?