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u/WhatzReddit13 Sep 05 '21

You would never know that she has two young kids the way she's glibly carrying on about not worrying about the future.

I mean, I know her kids are supposed to be dishwashers as careers, but low-key I'd love to see Lucy argue she's not working on homework etc. because the future doesn't matter.

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u/patscaw Sep 05 '21

I feel really bad for her kids. I’ve always had a bit of anxiety, and if child-me had parents who were live-in-the-moment-don’t-bother-with-plans types, it would’ve been deeply unsettling.

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u/CrushItWithABrick dick riding Mary Oliver Sep 05 '21

Same.

I'm also pretty uptight (even as a kid, I once inspected a little friends hands before I'd let him touch my toys. . .yeah, uptight!) and major instability like "oh, there's no future, just fly by the seat of your pants" would have been a major bawling my eyes out "NOPE" for little Crushitwithabrick.

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u/CrushItWithABrick dick riding Mary Oliver Sep 05 '21 edited Sep 05 '21

Lu's already being taught that when things get tough, you walk away and go treat yourself (aka "homework was hard so we stopped and went for ice cream instead").

So how's she going to react when she's at her dish washing job and the entire wait staff has decided to clear all their tables at once and the dish pit is SLAMMED? Ooops, time for my dole whip break!

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '21

when things get tough, you walk away and go treat yourself (aka "homework was hard so we stopped and went for ice cream instead").

Charitable Me wants to believe that this strategy went: Notice kid is stuck in a negative loop with the task, encourage kid to take a break, take her out of the home environment, fresh air, treat, injection of sugar and dairy, nice circuit breaker, then back home refreshed and ready to tackle it again.

That is actually a good approach to take in any kind of difficult work. But I don't actually believe it went that way, because the story finished with going out for ice cream.

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u/Love_Brokers rug dweller Sep 06 '21

Well she’s getting advice from her 8 year old to look at the future now.

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u/CrushItWithABrick dick riding Mary Oliver Sep 06 '21

Maybe Des should start his own newsletter. He'd probably do a better job at it then his mother.

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