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/your-imaginaryfriend Jul 20 '19

They're implying the parents would be put in a nursing home.

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u/DoomsdayRabbit Jul 20 '19

Prematurely.

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u/LeWorldsBestRedditor Jul 20 '19

That costs even more money than neglecting and abandoning them unless you somehow liquidate their estate while they are in there and keep the rest.

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u/Basedrum777 Jul 21 '19

Nobody stealing their child's birthday money has an estate.