• shneancy@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    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]”

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      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.