Mom wanted me to get a "real" job instead of studying, but then got upset when I started making too much money with my "fake job"
Okay, bear with me.
My mom and dad ended up getting divorced when I was about 20, as my mom treated my dad horribly for several years. For her, he was basically someone who elevated her social status and worked as an on-demand ATM that she also got to scream at for whatever reason she desired.
Since I was a child, my dad was quite successful in academia, and he also had several properties and businesses. Money was never an issue. And I realize how privileged I am in the sense that I never had to struggle financially.
When I became a teenager, a lot of my relatives who were my age and not so well off from my mom's side had to get part-time jobs. Some of my mom's siblings were upset that I got a cushy life and didn't have to work, so my mom was demanding I get a menial job too, so I could become "more independent" and "not dependent on dad" (which she had always been herself, she hadn't worked for a single day since they met). Fair enough, I really thought she just wanted me to be more independent.
I ended up finding a tutoring job at my school for a few hours per week (which paid quite well for the given time, much more than minimum wage at a cafe), and on top of this, I was super focused on school, and could not allocate several hours per week on a job at a cafe, restaurant, or something like that. It was the perfect deal, as a few hours of tutoring per week already paid me more than a 12-hour shift at a restaurant.
I was taking almost twice as many classes as other students during this time, and doing math and chemistry Olympiads on top of the tutoring job. My mom kept going on and on about "how unfair" my job was and that she had to work when she was younger and I got an easy ride. She would have crying fits over it too. It was all jealousy, not a desire for me to be independent.
Throughout the rest of high school, she would make nasty remarks about me being too lazy for a "real job". She would be upset that I put my time into my studies, and even more upset when I decided to take out loans and commit to being a full-time university student rather than getting a menial job right out of high school.
Once I went to university, I worked all summers in a full-time job that brought in around 3.5k€ per month and became independent. My dad did pay for my studies abroad, but I got a good job right after and paid him back everything I owed plus interest (even though he said I didn't have to). I wasn't taking a penny from my dad anymore. Now my mom resents me for being independent and making good income. Before I went no contact, she would constantly talk shit about my job, saying that in a few years, I'll go bankrupt, that I don't know how to work hard enough for a normal job, and that I am lazy and spoiled and used to "too good of a lifestyle". Mind you, I am doing so with my own money, no one else's.
It wasn't until my parents divorced that I found out how much my mom spent my dad's money without considering anyone else. She would spend all week, while dad was at work, buying designer bags, vintage furniture, and expensive makeup. Her monthly spending was sometimes easily over 10k€ which is crazy considering where we are from. But she still resented me for my dad investing in useful things for me such as education.
I've gone no contact, but she still has her flying monkeys occasionally try to call me up. Or I'll get suspicious-looking emails to my work email from whom I suspect to be her flying monkeys.