As a particularly awkward child, I only learned that you could share each others’ business. Shit stopped pretty quickly when I talked about theirs.
My 10 yo anxiety stories became MY topicstarters now - work great every time!
Then later she would always whine about how I never told her anything.
My mom learned this lesson after she told people about my sister-in-law’s miscarriage. My mom wondered why I didn’t send her get well wishes and I was like, “Well, I wasn’t supposed to know about it in the first place, since sis-in-law didn’t tell me she was pregnant. So messaging her about it wouldn’t be very tactful.”
It took many years and being kept from a lot of information, but she’s finally learning.
Ahh the piss drawer.
When I describe my 10 year old life to other folks they tell me I was an abused child.
Mostly because I spent a lot of time out in the woods with my friends and playing video games, and apparently that’s ‘abuse/neglect’ by today’s standards for children. I was supposed to be doped up on meds and have every moment of my childhood filled with ‘productive activities’. Probably why I am not depressed and anxious like many of my peers.
Apparently letting your children have unsupervised unstructured time is child abuse now.
Right, but this is a generation that thought the EPA is a terrorist organization. Fresh air is fucking evil.
In 1980s the EPA blew up a firehouse that resulted in noxious gasses being released into a major city.
Video proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNmpRtnUBwQ
Wtf mom?!
No thank you, I have a handful gripped tighter than I did with those GME shares.
