AITAH: I've started calling my mother by her name after she got pr****nt by someone younger than me.
The user reports feeling significant discomfort regarding their 47-year-old mother having a baby with a 22-year-old boyfriend, who is four years younger than the user.
This life change has altered the user's perception of their mother, making her feel more like a p*er than a maternal figure.
Due to this shift, the user can no longer bring themselves to use the familiar term "mum," finding it inappropriate given the circumstances of the new child's father being younger than them.
The mother has reacted negatively to this change in address, making critical remarks and complaining about the user to other family members, leading the user to consider completely severing contact for a period.
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The user is experiencing a major ident*ty crisis regarding their relationship with their mother, rooted in the age difference between the mother and her new partner, which has made the es**blished familial role feel invalid to the user.
The mother, in turn, is reacting defensively to the perceived disrespect regarding their address and the user's discomfort.
The central conflict is whether the user is justified in altering their mode of address and distancing themselves due to personal discomfort with the mother's lifestyle choices, versus the mother's expectation that the user maintain traditional familial roles regardless of the unconventional situation. Is the user's need for boundaries more important than maintaining superficial familial harmony?
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