A mom who spent $4,500 on two Taylor Swift tickets for herself and her daughter was furious when the teen invited her best friend to come with her.
Her story has now sparked a huge online debate after she claimed she was so bitter about not attending that she refused to drive the girls to the concert.
The mother, who has only shared her first name, Susan, explained to the radio show Country mornings with Ayla Brown last week that she wanted to go “big” for her daughter’s 19th birthday.
So she surprised her with two tickets to the 33-year-old pop star’s coveted Eras Tour at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on May 20.
A mom who spent $4,500 on two Taylor Swift tickets for herself and her daughter was furious when the teen invited her best friend to come with her
The mother, named Susan, has now launched a huge debate online after claiming she was so bitter about not attending that she refused to drive the girls to the concert
Susan paid over $4,000 for the tickets and assumed she and her daughter would go to the show together.
But when the 19-year-old said she actually wanted to give the second ticket to one of her old friends, the mother was so upset by the news that she decided she wouldn’t help them get to and from the stadium.
The girls ended up having to pay $400 in Uber fees — and Susan’s response sparked a heated argument over whether or not she was justified.
While chatting with the Boston-based radio station, Susan recalled the sweet moment when her daughter found out she would be attending the concert.
She said they both started “screaming” and described it as the “best” moment ever. But Susan’s “excitement” soon turned to heartbreak.
“My daughter turned 19 and I bought her two tickets for $4,500. I really wanted to grow up,” she explained.
“I mean, she’s turning 19. Like we’re getting closer as friends, not just mother-daughter.
‘I thought I would go. I thought she would invite me. But in the end she invited her best friend.’
Susan explained that her daughter, whose name was not shared for privacy reasons, and boyfriend, whose name is Casey, “have known each other since they were little” and have “loved Taylor Swift all their lives.” But still, her daughter’s decision left her “so hurt.”
“It wasn’t until a few days later that I brought up the concert again and she said something about her best friend, Casey,” she continued.
“It stopped me dead in my tracks. God, I was so hurt.’
Susan’s story, shared on Facebook by radio show Country Mornings with Ayla Brown, seemed to have divided the internet
Susan said her daughter then “had the guts” to ask her to drive them to the show, but that she had already “made plans” with a friend.
The two teens ended up paying a ton of money on Ubers to and from the concert, and spent hours in “horrible” traffic — but Susan insisted she “didn’t feel bad.”
“We were having breakfast the next day and [my daughter] said, “I need to bring up something. I’m a little upset you didn’t drive us. I can’t believe it. And it was so much money,” she recalled.
‘I don’t feel bad. I got up and went back to my room.’
She added that not only did she not plan to contribute to the cost of her daughter’s transportation, but she even considered asking the teen to pay her the $4,500 she spent.
“I’m thinking of asking her to pay me back the $4,500. I just don’t know what to do. I’m really upset. But am I a bad mother?’ she concluded.
Susan’s story, which the radio station shared on Facebook, seemed to have divided the internet – some branded her daughter “ungrateful” for not taking her to the concert and others told Susan to “grow up.”
Many commenters said Susan “should have communicated better” from the start and made it clear that the tickets were for both of them to go together.
‘Sounds like [Susan] needs to learn to communicate better, especially with her own daughter,” one wrote.
“She has no right to be angry right now, she hasn’t said anything. In exchange for not speaking out, she’s now making this birthday present something no one will fondly remember, except perhaps her daughter’s boyfriend who isn’t involved in the home drama. Sad.’
“Use your big girl words mom. They were a gift from you to you and her… You were the fool who paid so much money for the tickets,” said another.
“But your daughter is grown, she can afford her own Uber, that was her travel choice.”
Susan said the girls ended up paying $400 in Uber fees — and her response sparked a heated debate over whether or not she was justified
“Mama seems to be acting like a teenager here. She should have made it clear that the gift was for them to go together rather than just hoping the daughter would invite her,” another social media user added.
‘She’s 19. She’s thinking about her friends, not her mother, that’s normal. She can’t ask for the money back. It was a gift.
“I also don’t think the mother should be responsible for the Uber daughters, but that could have been communicated in advance.”
“If a 19-year-old can’t afford $400 in Ubers and understand the cost, how do you expect them to pay rent, utilities, car payments, etc. in their 20s once they graduate from college and get a job?” asked another user.
“We’ve created a world of entitled children and parents whose feelings are hurt because they don’t want to interact with them, but will spend thousands of dollars.”
“Gifts are not meant to hold obligations. A gift with obligations is not a gift,” commented a fifth.
“You can’t develop expectations in your head after giving a gift, not communicate this to the other person, and then expect them to read your mind and get mad when they don’t.”
“It doesn’t work that way, and that’s not what a gift is about. You give a gift without any expectations. If you expect something after giving a gift, then you are busy with a gift when you shouldn’t.’
A sixth said, “You bought the tickets to make your daughter happy. You should have told her the plan from the start. Don’t blame her. Be MATURE.’