When I say things that end up really annoying my mom (cosplay woes)

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So today, after my mom and I had worked painstakingly for a month (well, she did a lot of the actual physical work, but I pitched in ideas, some of which helped, and I went to get measured and see how things fit my face countless times), we finally finished the mask that we need for my cosplay. Which is good, because that was just about our last idea for how to make it and I'll need it in a few days.

But it ended up being really lumpy. I didn't recall it being this lumpy before baking (we used a sculpey-like material), and I pointed this out to mom. She said that what we have (I'll post pictures in a few minutes) was apparently after a considerable amount of sanding, and getting it as smooth as I would have liked would have taken hours. She heard me complain and said that if I didn't like it, I could do the sanding myself, spend the $170 it would have originally cost for the mask, or get it professionally made next time (and my stepdad told me to turn around, facing away from the mask, then say if the mask still looked bad. As guilty as I feel over what I said next, that's still a fairly douchey thing to do).

I think at some point, I was looking at it again, really looking it over and thinking about how noticeable it would be that it was fairly lumpy, and she made that quip about professional make again, and after a brief pause I said "I think I'll see about getting it professionally made next time", which then ticked her off, and she left the room to do something else.

I wasn't trying to have an attitude about it; I was just being matter-of-fact. But then I realized she's pissed because she thinks I've taken her hard work for granted. And I remembered that most people, if not all, probably won't give me shit for having a cosplay that didn't turn out perfect. And now I feel like a stupid, whiny prick. And we still have stuff to do, so at some point I'm going to have to go back out there and apologize. But at the same time I'm still bugged at how poorly this turned out after all the hard work she's done.

IanExMachina

From how you describe it does come off with you sounding ungrateful.

Maybe just think before saying stuff when someone has spent time/effort on you?