I was very into photography at one point in my life, my father bought me this expensive camera, which was great, but then he kept reminding me of this for the next few years "I've spent so much money, thinking you gonna get a career out of photography and make some money, now it's wasted". When I wanted to do a driving course he said he won't give me a penny, so I started it when I was working and earning my own money. I've spent really lots of cash on the whole course and exams bc it's terribly expensive here, almost half of what I've earned, he actually decided to give me like 20% of it and kept reminding me about it all the time. Such stuff is really annoying.

I'm sorry for your terrible experiences with your mom. She sounds like a really difficult person to live with.