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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/PrincessSarahTDP on 2025-03-31 07:06:08+00:00.
So back when I was 17, I used to live in a small town in Massachusetts. I lived with a narcissistic mother (let's call her N) and a father who didn't have the balls to stand up to her (let's call him K). On a hot summer day in July 2023, N decided to start an argument with me over something that she did. Now I do not recall what this argument was about, but she had said something along of the lines of "you can walk to work. I'm not driving you." and mentioned something about me needing to be independent.
Queue malicious compliance. N was asleep on the couch and K was in a work meeting. I let K know that I would be walking to work and that I would let him know when I got there. After leaving through the porch slider door, I called my boyfriend and stayed on the phone with him while I was walking. N decided to turn on screen time while I was walking there. I didn't turn back and continued walking. As I was walking past a farm near the house, a person that I knew from the local church who also knew my parents noticed me walking. After explaining the situation, she offered me a ride and I said yes.
After arriving at work and getting my things ready, I called K and he asked me if I made it, and I said yes. K then asked me how I got to work so fast and replied that I ended up getting a ride from something they know and someone I knew. N was on the phone too and furiously said"You could've woken me up! I could've driven you!" in which I responded "You told me to walk to work, and so I did what you told me to do." She continued to be mad at me in which I hung up and messaged my boyfriend to let him know that I made it safely and was grateful that I was okay. Everyone at my job understood what had happened that day and made sure I had water and some time to cool off before starting my shift.
I know this happened two years ago but this is the fallout: I'm currently 19, living on my own on the west coast. Later that year (2023), I ended up cutting off N and the rest of that side of the family for the sole reason that she was just toxic overall and not wanting to do anything with her. I am in minimal contact with K. I moved out of that toxic household after I was finished with my senior year of high school, and moved into state housing with the help of my school until I flew out of Boston. I am in a much better situation and K's extended family is helping me process N's torment. My boyfriend and his family has been helping me financially while I receive no help from N and K, and as a result, N hasn't spoken to me in over a year, while K doesn't reach out to me or even check up on me as it's only if he needs something.