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minus-squareJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·3 days agoMy folks do this. If I say I like something, I’m getting that for Christmas for the next decade
minus-square🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoI asked for a Butterfinger once as a kid and for the next 30 something years, my parents treated it like it was my favorite candy of all time (hint: it’s not).
minus-squareshneancy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agomy mother is somehow the opposite, if i say i don’t want something she’ll always and without fail ask me “since when do you hate [thing]”
minus-squareNABDad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoNot arguing you’re wrong, but I’ve been witness to the other side of that sort of conversation. The item was ketchup. Always needed to have ketchup. Then: Child: “I hate ketchup!” Mom: "What do you mean? You put ketchup on everything.’ Child: “I’ve never used ketchup. I’ve always hated it.” [Jump forward a few years] Child: “Where’s my ketchup?” Mom: “I thought you hated ketchup?” Child: “Since when? I use ketchup all the time.” As the dad, I’m tempted to point out that mom doesn’t need help losing her mind, but as the dad, I also know better than to be involved.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoKids can be maddening. Mine has reflexively started saying the opposite of what they mean when asked a yes or no question.
My folks do this. If I say I like something, I’m getting that for Christmas for the next decade
I asked for a Butterfinger once as a kid and for the next 30 something years, my parents treated it like it was my favorite candy of all time (hint: it’s not).
my mother is somehow the opposite, if i say i don’t want something she’ll always and without fail ask me “since when do you hate [thing]”
Not arguing you’re wrong, but I’ve been witness to the other side of that sort of conversation.
The item was ketchup. Always needed to have ketchup. Then:
Child: “I hate ketchup!”
Mom: "What do you mean? You put ketchup on everything.’
Child: “I’ve never used ketchup. I’ve always hated it.”
[Jump forward a few years]
Child: “Where’s my ketchup?”
Mom: “I thought you hated ketchup?”
Child: “Since when? I use ketchup all the time.”
As the dad, I’m tempted to point out that mom doesn’t need help losing her mind, but as the dad, I also know better than to be involved.
Kids can be maddening. Mine has reflexively started saying the opposite of what they mean when asked a yes or no question.