I guess I'm a social experiment

I’m honestly still fuming.

I got home late from a DnD session. I settled in the living room to have dinner. My mom was watching TV, as usual at this time. I said hi when I came in, then just went about my business. I ate, scrolled on my phone, basically just chilling.

When her episode ended, she got up to go to bed and said, "I decided to do a little test. I didn’t start a conversation and waited to see when you would, and nothing happened". She repeated "nothing" a few times, with this weird little self-satisfied smile.

Maybe testing your own child to see whether they feel like talking to you is exactly the kind of reason why they don’t feel like talking to you in the first place.