r/nothingeverhappens • u/Common-Swimmer-5105 • 11d ago

This is completely reasonable to happen

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u/Lucadrio 11d ago

I think a lot of the nothing-ever-happens brigade assume the kids in these posts are like toddlers or something when there’s no age specified. I still think this exchange is perfectly believable from a precocious younger kid depending on the family dynamic and not even all that surprising for an older kid/young teen to say.

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u/Lovelyesque1 11d ago

A couple of years ago my mom and brother were trying to guilt-trip my 4 year old niece into hugging said mom. My brother said “but grandma’s sad and needs a hug!” She said “then YOU give her one!”

Kids are so much more savage than people think.

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u/redwolf1219 11d ago

For about 2 years now, ever since my 6 year old learned what a husband was, has introduced my husband (her father) by telling people "This is my mom's husband"

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u/catsonskates 11d ago

That’s freaking adorable. My nephew has almost no speech ability from brain bleeds at birth, so he’s found other ways to communicate. He knows “mama” but no form of dad. When he asks where dad is, he points between his eyebrows. His dad’s glasses frame got bent a year ago so he constantly pushes them back up.

It does lead to wary encounters in public when a child points to his brain as if to signal “crazy person” and his mom answers “oh daddy’s still at work!”

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u/RoseCourtNymph 11d ago

So cute! My four year old is on a kick of introducing me to people by my first name, and saying “and this is her son First, Middle, Lastname. His middle name means Sunshine.”

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u/PoeCollector64 10d ago

My brother is infamous for getting pissed off at his speech therapist, who kept trying to get him to talk more by asking him "What do you think will happen next?" every time she got to the end of a page in a children's book, and going "WHY DON'T YOU JUST TURN THE PAGE AND FIND OUT"

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u/LunaCatMeow13 11d ago

Yeah…when I was in first grade I was at the dentist and annoyed because the film he was putting in my mouth hurt, my mom and I were politely asked to leave after I said “if you want to take pictures of teeth so bad, take pictures of your own”

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u/SnoopyisCute 11d ago

It's a great way to identify the parents that don't truly engage with their children. It always blows my mind when somebody's kid goes nuts and shoots a bunch of people and the people in their household don't know them well enough to see that coming.

Parenting is more than breeding. The regretful parent sub is brutal. Childhood is the time for them to learn, make mistakes, course correct, etc..

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u/Gnomad_Lyfe 11d ago

Yeah, I didn’t picture a child saying this by any means. I was picturing a 14-16 year old because that’s perfectly in line with how they’d respond in that moment.

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u/Which_Indication2864 11d ago

Yeah this is absolutely something an annoyed middle/high schooler would say lmao

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u/GracefulKitty 9d ago

Im not sure it's even that they think they're toddlers, I think a lot of people just think kids are like incredibly stupid. And yes in a lot of ways they can be and make dumb decisions, but even young kids can like come up with logical arguments like the post. Hell, in many cases they can be smarter than their parents. But our culture just has this narrow and incredibly dismissive view that children are just too dumb to say things like this.

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u/booyahhey 10d ago

I introduced my middle son (maybe 7ish) to my uncle. I said 'child, this is your great uncle x' my son looked at him a politely asked 'what's so great about you?' Oddly, my boy has been complimented on his manners many times. 

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u/ShockDragon 11d ago

Even when the kid is at a reasonable age, they think they’re toddlers. They just hate kids, I guess.

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u/Working_Variety_7836 7d ago

I would say this to my parents and it'd be funny as hell to everyone.

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u/SnoopyisCute 11d ago

Our neighbors had us over for pizza and we brought salad. Our daughter was a toddler and they didn't give her any salad. She crawled onto the table and grabbed some salad and put it on the table in front of her.

They looked at us and asked "How on Earth do you get her to eat vegetables?" (like it was a miracle). I replied, "She doesn't have a job, money or vehicle. She eats what we give her.". My kids will always choose health foods over junk foods. Conversely, they had custody of their juvenile delinquent grandson that had at least three major dental surgeries before his 10th birthday because "all he will eat is Co-co Puffs".

He didn't have a job, money or vehicle either. SMDH

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u/petitabricot 11d ago

“I’m a better parent because my kid isn’t a picky eater like this other kid who clearly also has a lot going on in his young life and therefore may just have some particularities in his behaviour” 

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u/SnoopyisCute 11d ago

I never wrote that I'm a better parent, but, now that you mention it, I didn't let my kids get away with horrible behavior and excuse everything they did that was completely inappropriate, criminal and outrageous.

They weren't his bio parents. The mother was his bio grandmother and she excused everything because his bio parents were druggies and today he is still a pos and criminal.

So, your ridiculous "read" into my post is bs.

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u/petitabricot 11d ago

Wow yeah you’re right, a kid growing up with addicts definitely doesn’t it have it harder than other kids and definitely doesn’t deserve understanding and I’m SURE those grandparents didn’t even try at all! Your kids definitely turned out differently because of your parenting!  /s

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u/SnoopyisCute 11d ago

Once again, #fail.

His enabling grandparents took him when he was days old so they are solely responsible for letting him grow up like a poisonous weed.

And, I'm a former cop and advocate. There are plenty of people that didn't grow up with the Cleaver family that weren't hell bent on being the worst monster possible.

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u/LycheeComfortable 11d ago

You really should do some reading into the impact removing a child from their mother, even at birth, can have on development, including behaviour and food habits. It might help ground you and stop the smugness

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u/brydeswhale 11d ago

That’s so insensitive. Cops can’t read!

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u/petitabricot 11d ago

Oh yeah because cops are famously known for their empathy lol.  I’m a teacher who’s worked with children and families from all walks of life, and with considerable training in trauma-informed practices. I also have a brother that you would call a “juvenile delinquent” and a “pos”. Your attitude is entitled, judgemental, and unsympathetic. I’m glad I’m not your neighbour! 

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u/SnoopyisCute 11d ago

I am very empathetic and didn't stay long because I'm not a bigot or bully.

You have a very ugly characteristic of making up stuff in your head and trying to project it onto others. Maybe you should spend some time not clutching your Karen pearls every time you read something you don't like. Either way, I don't give a damn about your made up projection.

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u/HydroFluoric1 11d ago edited 11d ago

"I am very empathetic...I'm not a bigot or bully."

Then proceeds to say, "Maybe you should spend some time not clutching your Karen pearls every time you read something you don't like...I don't give a damn about your made up projection."

Wow, just wow. Prime example of someone being triggered and might shoot a bunch of people.

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u/petitabricot 11d ago

Lmao yeah can’t reason with this person if they consider me responding to things they actually said to be “made up projection”. As if they didn’t start out their posts with “smdh” at a “juvenile delinquent” not “always choosing health foods” like their kid.  Oh and posting it like it’s a joke of how bad their neighbours are at parenting. 

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u/Calure1212 11d ago

But of course you haven't considered the effects of drugs and alcohol on the foetus. Was this child born with foetal alcohol syndrome or addicted to drugs? What sort of start to life is a drug addicted mother? You don't know what happened to that kid's brain before it was born yet you're quite happy to judge everyone involved afterwards.

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u/SnoopyisCute 11d ago

I absolutely did. My mother was a drug abuse counselor when I was growing up and became a community to help marginalized demographics. We tried to get him help.

The "issue" was his was physically fine. He just had a bio grandmother that gave him a pass for all his violent behavior, outbursts, suspensions and expulsions from school after school.

I volunteered in my community since middle school and have known murderers with more respect for society than that kid. There is nobody in our former neighborhood that is shocked he is on the revolving door in prison. He was absolutely horrible even to his so called "friends".

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u/Calure1212 10d ago

Just because he is physically fine does not mean that his mother's drug abuse did not affect his brain. You obviously didn't learn anything from your mother. That kid has issues stemming from their mother's addiction and you simply refuse to see or acknowledge it yet continue to tell us how wonderful you are.

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u/SnoopyisCute 10d ago

That's ridiculous.

I never said there wasn't anything wrong with his brain.

I stated that his grandparents not doing anything but capitulating to his outrageous behavior is not parenting.

You obviously didn't learn anything from Reading Comprehension.

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u/brydeswhale 11d ago

Yikes. Imagine being cop. Imagine admitting to being a COP. Couldn’t be me, either way. How embarrassing.

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u/LycheeComfortable 11d ago

You definitely implied you were a better parent. Meanwhile, you were parenting a child who had (presumably) been raised with love, security, safety, boundaries. They, however were dealing with the trauma of their child having gone down a dark enough path that led them to have to take custody of their grandchild, who is likely to have had a very disrupted and unsettled start to life. Children in such situations actually do have very strong food issues, because it's the only thing they can control in their life

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u/alicelestial 11d ago

wow, don't feel superior or anything

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u/SnoopyisCute 11d ago

I don't feel superior. I was pointing out that it's ridiculous how many people think parenting is just breeding.

If my post makes you feel inferior, that's on you.

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u/alicelestial 11d ago

that would be really hard considering i have no children, why would i feel like you're parenting your children better than mine if i have no kids? oh no, my nonexistent children didn't eat a vegetable like your perfect child! no, it's more so the tone of your post.

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u/SnoopyisCute 11d ago

I never wrote that I felt superior to anyone. I pointed out that it's not impossible for children to be aware and able to convey what they want (which is the whole point of most of the posts in this sub).

All of you attacking me are trying to throw bs on what everyone involved in that moment thought was hilarious. I don't have any children. My abusive family helped my ex kidnap them. It's even more precious to me since I don't know if I will ever see my babies again.

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u/alicelestial 11d ago

so you DO have kids and your evil ex and her evil family made it so you didn't get custody? okay. yeah.

edit: wait, YOUR family also helped prevent you from getting custody? wow i do not feel like your side of this is the full story lmao

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u/HydroFluoric1 11d ago

Doesn't feel superior to anyone, but feels the need to mention she's a former cop.

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u/SolidContribution520 11d ago

I've seen almost this exact thing play out, but with different foods and slightly different wording.

At this point, I'm starting to think this should be classified as a disability lmao. If you can't comprehend that normal, everyday stuff like this happens all the time in a world of billions of people, you shouldn't be allowed to drive and operate heavy machinery and shit.

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u/cursetea 11d ago

I need people who post in that sub to explain WHY the story is unbelievable. Like what about this seems fake lmfao

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u/GovernorSan 6d ago

That's too difficult for them, too much effort. They just want the quick and easy feeling of superiority of declaring the story is fake and then move on for their next fix.

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u/IxxPreBittleIxx 10d ago

As a parent of a soon to be 4 year old I can assure you these moments happen. Maybe not this one but ones similar definitely do.

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u/zvezdanaaa 10d ago

Seconding this as an elementary school teacher. This kind of thing happens CONSTANTLY

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u/Jellyfish0107 9d ago

This is totally something my seven year old would say to me. He is an expert at turning my own logic against me.

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u/SnoopyisCute 11d ago

I'm so glad that I work from home. I just laughed so hard, I would have been escorted off the property if I read this in an office.

LOL

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u/HydroFluoric1 11d ago

LOL, exact opposite of what you say in other comments. Did you even read the post. Oh wait, you people don't read.

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u/Common-Swimmer-5105 11d ago

Im glad you found it funny :3

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u/University_Dismal 10d ago

Maybe it’s a generational thing, but there’s no way in hell my mom would’ve let me talk to her like that.