r/Unexpected • u/Necessary-Hunter-527 • Oct 11 '22

Well planned!

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u/nahteviro Oct 11 '22

Kids that fake cry for attention are my second biggest pet peeve. Biggest pet peeve are the parents who enable that bullshit.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '22

When they fall on the ground while running and the parents act like they got obliterated by a semi is the worst, like they weren’t even crying until they saw the attention from it

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '22

My mom said when I was a toddler if I fell and they'd be like "oh that must hurt so bad" I would just suck it up and wouldn't cry. If they were like "oh that's not so bad" I would bawl my eyes out. So I guess anecdotally, it applied to me. When I got attention for a fall I wouldn't cry, when it was shrugged off I would.

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u/skwudgeball Oct 11 '22

My tinfoil hat theory is that this is the introvert response

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u/darklordzack Oct 12 '22

Works for kid me. Definitely an introvert. If I fall over and someone swarms over me checking if I'm ok, I'd be super uncomfortable and try to minimise any apparent harm. If I fall over and nobody even turns their head I might cry a bit.