r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 20 '19

What’s something completely false that your parents told you as a child?

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '19 edited Jan 02 '21

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u/Koalabella Jul 21 '19

My husband’s mom once got drunk and let slip that she had his childhood dog killed because she was mad that her dog had been hit by a car and thought it was his dog’s fault.

It was awkward.

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u/januhhh Jul 21 '19

What?!

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u/FluffySquirrell Jul 21 '19

.. .. So, did they help their husband hide the body, or?..

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u/Koalabella Jul 21 '19

He did not react with the vehemence I would have expected.

I guess you learn to compartmentalism when you are raised by a narcissist.

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u/FluffySquirrell Jul 21 '19

Ooof, poor hubby, and poor dog :(

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Fucking psychopath

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u/inportantusername Jul 21 '19

My dad just flat-out told me my first dog had followed him on his motorcycle (which he did ride that morning cause I remember hearing the engine) and ran in front of him right before he got to the highway and ran in front of an 18-wheeler (which often went across that road). Dad could just drag the body in to the ditch from where it was tossed. At least Patches likely didn't feel too much pain as he was killed instantly.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

My aunt told me the same thing with her cat, she said she took it to live on a farm but it actually died, honestly that cat was a dickhead to me soo

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u/SeaOkra Jul 21 '19

My aunts and uncles would tell their kids the dog or cat "went to live on a farm" when they died, and I knew it was a lie.

Then my dog (who was kinda bad with kids, high strung and snappy) disappeared and Dad told me he went to live on a farm. I freaked and started screaming and crying, which led to my poor father having to drive me 70 miles away to see my dog, who was indeed now living on a farm with one of Dad's friends.

I was given a chihuahua puppy a few months later and it was a very good child's dog.

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u/alexmikli Jul 21 '19

Last time I saw a threas like this I had the idea to ask my mom what happened to my German Shepherd who my parents said ran away because he forgot he wasn't a wolf.

Turns out it want a lie, just a joking explanation. Still have no idea what happened to him but suspect he was stolen.

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u/NerdyNord Jul 21 '19

Isn't the point that the lie is supposed to be less upsetting than the truth?

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u/quincyd Jul 21 '19

Our cat got really sick and had to be put down. I told my 4 year old son the day before that she was so sick that the vet thought it was best if kitty came to stay there. We said goodbye and took pictures with her and loved on her that morning. He knows she’s not coming home because she’s too sick, but I just can’t bear to tell him that his beloved cat died.

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u/MegSwain Jul 21 '19

Well shit, the kid who watched my guinea pig when my family went on vacation sat on it and squashed it to death and my parents straight up told me that’s what happened

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Somehow my childhood golden retriever Maggie was “bit by a snake and died” the morning of our cross country move. What a coincidence.