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My mom (45F) is going insane because my da…

My mom and dad aren't together anymore and I'm their only kid together. They shared custody of me as a kid. My mom remarried when I was 9. My stepfather had three kids to bring into the picture. Two sons who are 1 and 3 years younger than me who lived with him full time. And a daughter who is like 9 years younger and lives primarily with her mom. My mom was always a little weird about me and my stepbrothers. She used to tell me if I got something at my dad's house I should share it at her house when I was there. She would ask my dad to take my stepbrothers for a day so we could hang out or she would ask him to take them with us if she knew we had plans. My dad always said no to this stuff. She used to ask me why I never invited my stepbrothers over and why I never shared my wealth with them. My dad and his family were able to afford good gifts for me so I had new gaming consoles, gaming laptops, trampolines and cool bikes and other stuff. They always stayed at my dad's house because I knew I would have to share them and I always worried I wouldn't get them back or would be pressured to make them family items. The pressure drove me to live with my dad earlier this year. I still talk to mom but I don't visit her house anymore and I only saw my stepbrothers at school and I just grated so I don't anymore. I was working all last week and on Friday when I got out of work I saw mom had called me 25 times. She called again as I was leaving work so I answered. She was screaming down the phone and I had no idea what she was saying so I ended the call. She calls me back a few more times and by the time I was home I was able to focus on her and I asked her what the hell was wrong. She told me she had sent my stepbrothers to hang out with me and when they got to the house dad sent them away and refused to let them inside. She said he could have let them in until I got home so we could hang out. I told her I didn't want to hang out with them and it was weird that she tried to force it without asking me first. She was screaming about what an asshole dad is and she called him a raging cunt with no morals because my stepbrothers are family and he's ruining our relationship. She's still being this way days later and I can't talk to her. I don't know if I want this to keep happening but I also wonder if reducing contact is too extreme. submitted by /u/ThrowRADazzledR to r/relationship_advice [link] [comments]