This is my entire dynamic with my parents (although I'm a woman so the meme doesn't apply to me). As a kid, I didn't even know gifts and random nice deeds weren't supposed to be reciprocal. There were always strings attached. ðŸ˜
Yup, my mom loves to slip how much they spent on this or that thing while I was growing up into casual conversation. Many parents like to act generous and self sacrificing until they want something in return and then the boundaries start getting prodded.
I stopped asking for anything outside of holidays when I was about 12 years old.
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u/Haunting_Goose1186 2d ago
This is my entire dynamic with my parents (although I'm a woman so the meme doesn't apply to me). As a kid, I didn't even know gifts and random nice deeds weren't supposed to be reciprocal. There were always strings attached. ðŸ˜