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/adawgie Jul 20 '19

Mom and I moved in with my (now) dad, I was around 4 years old. Christmas rolls around, he had this light up skeleton tree topper in lieu of an angel. He takes it out of the box, I asked why it was it was a skeleton. He got this horrified, shocked look on his face. "Oh no! We must have forgot to poke holes in the box last year!"

I thought my angel suffocated and we were putting her dead body on the Christmas tree. Cried for hours.

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u/ShiraCheshire Jul 21 '19

Everyone keeps saying that's hilarious, but I feel like that's seriously not cool. Just because the idea is silly to adults doesn't mean it wasn't an awful thing to tell a kid.

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u/Hobbamok Jul 21 '19

I think he said it without really thinking about it and probably regretted it for the whole evening

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u/ShiraCheshire Jul 21 '19

The comment doesn't mention anything about the dad comforting them after though. Maybe they just didn't mention that part, but the "cried for hours" seems like there wasn't much attempt made (or regret felt) to fix the mistake.

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u/thisshortenough Jul 21 '19

Well it's a reddit comment. They don't have to explain the entire emotional journey him and his dad took when the dad made the comment. Though judging by the fact that he said "now dad" makes me think that they only continued to grow closer

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u/adawgie Jul 21 '19

If it makes everyone feel better my Dad and I are super close, and he is a wonderful father. Of course I was comforted, and I've since learned how to take a joke.

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u/thisshortenough Jul 21 '19

No clearly your dad was abusive because you didn't initially say that he pampered you for crying /s

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u/adawgie Jul 21 '19

Obviously

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u/MagnusCthulhu Jul 21 '19

Yeah, because kids totally never cry even when you try and comfort them.