Moms Birthday Disappointment

So this past weekend was my mom's birthday. She wanted to go out to dinner which was fine & sent me and my brother a list of stuff she wanted. I and my brother ignored the text about the gift because we’re still working on fixing our relationship. I went and bought a gift anyways… Big mistake. I and my brother told her weeks before to keep it simple as far as dinner because we’re on a budget. She said okay let’s do Texas Roadhouse. Okay, that’s fine. So we all get to Texas Roadhouse (if you’ve never been there it’s kind of like the Applebees of steaks, and they have the delicious cinnamon butter rolls) we noticed it’s packed and I ask them “how long will the wait be?” They ask how many people, I say 6 because it should just be me, my mom, my brother his girlfriend, and my 2 younger sisters… The host tells me it will be an hour wait. I call my mom like “there’s an hour wait… how come you didn’t make reservations or ask me to make them” she’s like “oh I forgot”. 😑 really lady? So, wait, it gets better… as I’m sitting in the car waiting for my mom to get there, I see 2 of my mom's old friends. I honk my horn at them happy to see them and I’m like “hey nice to see you, I didn’t know you’d be here?” One of her friends says “oh yeah, you’re mom said we’re having dinner here” mind you I only got a table for 6. I start to panic because there’s an hour wait. THEN 4 more people show up! Wtf! I call my mom like how many people did you invite? She said oh like 6 other people I’m like oh ok do you want to go to another restaurant because they’re packed right now. She’s like no everyone can wait. I’m starting to become frustrated. As I’m waiting in the car patiently, you wouldn’t believe it… 6 more people show up 🤦🏽‍♀️. I’m in disbelief. The dinner was supposed to start at 6 and now it’s 7 pm. I have no clue where my mom is and now 20-something people are waiting outside of Texas Roadhouse… I beg her to choose another place quickly because everyone is about to leave. We make reservations at a steakhouse 10mins away & all 20-something people drive there. My brother goes to pick her up because now all of the sudden she doesn’t have a ride when she could have been called me or anyone to pick her up. My brother gets pulled over now she texts and calls everyone to go home. I SHOULD HAVE GONE HOME. I called my brother & ask him “what was going on?” He tells me he was still on his way to pick up mom. I call my mom and tell her she’s overreacting, my brother is down the street. Everyone goes into the restaurant and starts ordering food & she finally gets here. Everyone is relieved until we get the bill. I calculated everything, but I noticed we are $125 short. So I’m looking around like who didn’t pay? Tell me why my mom gets up and runs to the bathroom. I’m pissed because why did she order $125 worth of food and drinks and didn’t tell anybody she needed help paying? Not cool at all! The place isn’t even expensive, everyone’s plate was less than $40. I ended up coming out of pocket $200 that night between her gift, my food, my baby sister's food & my mom's food and drinks. I feel robbed, to say the least. Luckily my brother and her good friends helped a little bit with the bill. But that was super embarrassing. Now I don’t have money for groceries which is f’d up.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind paying for a bday dinner, but I feel like she did me wrong this time. She had everyone waiting & didn’t make reservations. My feelings are hurt & haven’t talked to her since. My brother and a few others who were there feel the same way. Also, we didn't leave until 10 pm because of the situation with the bill smh. Embarrassing!