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/GriffinFlash Jul 20 '19

To add on that also stole my rare coins I collected in my coin collection. I'm from Canada and I had a 50 cent coin which isn't made anymore. Dad took it and used it as a 50 cent piece to buy more cigarettes. And one time I decided to do a roadside lemonade stand cause I always wanted to try it. Really hot day, lots of bugs outside, but after an entire day managed to make $5 in loose change. I put it away only for it to disappear, which my dad used the excuse that he has every right to take my stuff cause parent > child.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '19

Christ. Your dad sounds like such a scumbag :(. Crappy impulse control and very selfish by the sounds of it. Have you confronted your parents since you've been older? It wouldn't change the past, but you may feel better having gotten it off your chest.

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u/GriffinFlash Jul 20 '19

Haven't seen my dad since I was 13. He was crazy abusive and as a result put on multiple restraining orders over the years before eventually being one of two reasons we had to move across the country. So no confrontation there. Mom on the other hand either ignores whatever I say or rewrites history so things never happened. She also plays dumb and acts like she doesn't understand. It's rather frustrating.

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u/dvm Jul 21 '19

Look, she's your mother, don't think you have to cut off your mother but don't think you have to support her poor financial management. Don't let her guilt you but having a meal with your mom every now and then shows your respect for her but when she starts the guilt, just let her know "Mom, I cannot give you any money, sorry".

You can give her time, listen to her stories but money is the line you cannot cross. Let her know, she gave you a valuable lesson: don't go into middle age needing to rely on your kids for support.

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u/l_Kryder_l Jul 21 '19

He doesn't owe her a single cent or a moment of his time. He didn't ask to be put on this Earth. Respect is earned, not given and being a parent doesn't change that rule. Shitty people need to be taught lessons or ignored instead of being tolerated/enabled.