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A woman attended her mom's birthday dinner, only to be made the "punchline" of her brother's jokes
Everyone, including her mom, laughed at his comments, so she left the dinner early
However, her family said she "overreacted" and "embarrassed" them
A woman walked out of her mom's birthday dinner after her family crossed the line between humor and disrespect.
On Reddit , the woman explained that her whole family got together at a nice Italian restaurant to celebrate her mom's birthday. Halfway through the dinner, her brother raised his glass to make a toast.
“Instead of saying something sweet about my mom, he decided to ‘joke’ about how I’m the family screw-up who can’t keep a job or a relationship," she recalls. "‘Happy birthday, Mom. You raised three great kids… and th