The rag that changed everything

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Hello Lotters! I want to share what happened in our household one week ago , I have a niece who just finished her retreat its their school's requirement before they graduate. They stayed in the retreat house for three days. Last Wednesday she came home to us , I greeted her when she showed up on our terrace , she was holding a lot of things and thats where I noticed she bought a meal from Jollibee a famous fastfood chain here in the Philippines. I told her , Oh you bought from Jollibee? And she answered back with a different tone : Im eating Jollibee!! Im the only one who will eat Jollibee! She said to me. I answered back and said : Sure, you can eat , Im done with lunch and I said Im not in the mood for some jokes and turned my back on her and went inside the house. It did not stop there , she followed me inside and asked me once again what did I mean when I said that , she was just 17 , a student in senior high and Im 44 ,it sounds strange that shes talking to me in a manner like we were just of the same age. I stepped back and told her Im not into jokes this time and to mind her tone of voice when talking to me, to my surprise she answered back to me with words that I didnt expect that would come out of her mouth , she blabbering at me and shes not listening anymore, Im holding a rag because Im wiping our dining table , to my anger instead of slapping her , I threw the rag on her face to make her stop. Its like in the movies and mom saw it. Mom got mad at me and blamed me for everything. Mom said hurtful words to me too. But mom did not ask me what happened , what happened why I threw a rag on my niece's face. All my past mistakes was mentioned again and mom was hysterical.Up to now were not in speaking terms. Im hurt. And Im disappointed on how my mom handled the situation. My niece will go back to her dorm this afternoon .We arent speaking to each other though she said sorry . Family drama is not cool but it happens I know . If you were on my shoes that day , what will you do? How would you feel? And if you were my mom will you take sides? Because my mom did , she took the side of my niece. If you were my mom too what will you do?