Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : Long story short: I rolled my eyes when I thought neither of my parents could see me. I didn’t notice him in the next room when I did it, and he threatened to cut me off financially and kick me out of the house if I did it again. I’m 17, almost 18.

Context is that we were all preparing the house for a surprise party. My dad is notorious for saying that we should prepare weeks in advance, but he does everything last minute. Plus, he expects everyone else to do the work while he sits down and moves maybe one or two objects. 

Anyway, my dad was expecting the house to be immaculate. He wanted the doors scrubbed down, baseboards re-painted, windows washed, etc. I was already stressed, because my dad had given me three simultaneous tasks to do, and my mom called me to do yet another task.

We can’t say no to our parents. Period. You only say yes sir/ma’am or you get punished. I was annoyed because I had so many jobs to do, and knowing I couldn’t tell my mom I was busy, or that I would get to her task later, I rolled my eyes in frustration.

My dad caught me doing it, and he told me if I ever did that again, he would take all his financial support away from me and kick me out. I got intimidated and did what he asked of me. But looking back on it now, I think he was overreacting.

We could never show displeasure in our house. We had to smile and nod to whatever they said. Anything outside of that was met with corporal punishment. If we were mad, sad, or upset, we had to express it quietly and in private, otherwise, our parents took that as “back talk” and we’d get spanked. When we grew older, it shifted to threats of taking away support. Ever since I rolled my eyes, he makes me stand in plain view when he asks me to do something so he can read my expressions.

AITA for thinking my dad was overreacting?