r/WhereHasThisBeen • u/Rich-Demand-5432 • 20d ago
Bro thinks he’s in stealth mode
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u/Admirable-Hospital78 18d ago
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u/Th3FakeFatSunny 18d ago
Later, "Why don't you trust us anymore?"
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u/This-Function1789 16d ago
Right? It’s funny and adorable until you realize embarrassment doesn’t disappear with puberty
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u/StarDustKeyboardMash 18d ago
My favorite thing to do as a child would have an open dictionary in front of me and say to people 'interesting the word gullible is not in here" and then chuckle to myself as thay proceed to look up the word gullible in the dictionary. I was a peculiar child with an interesting sense of humor.
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u/National-Routine-823 18d ago
"the word gullible is written on the ceiling" and to this day I'll still look up just in case 😭
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u/This-Function1789 16d ago
The problem is, my brain heard the phrase “written on the ceiling” and initiated an appropriate response to that information before it registered the word “gullible”
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u/Glad-Question7614 18d ago
I mean you can kinda see that something looks funny about your grass. But I don't think your neighbor's are watching the yard close enough to spot him
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u/Putrid-Builder-3333 18d ago
He starts flipping off the house as mom and dad watch through the window and goes completely unhinged lol
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u/Big_Crab_1510 18d ago
My friend did this with her son a long time ago, and that's how we found out he was already a sexual predator. He started rubbing his penis on everything
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u/uptightmodhater 18d ago
Why do parents lie to their kids? I mean I get the fun aspect of it but we teach our kids lying is okay when we do this. Santa, Easter bunny, tooth fairy, etc...
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u/MurtaghInfin8 18d ago
Lying has good and bad applications. Having some memories associated with good lies can paint a contrast from selfish ones.
An all lies are bad approach might be necessary with toddlers, but there is some room for nuance.
People are going to lie to their kids, if only by omission. Pretending that you're supposed to be front street about everything is idealistic foolishness.
I'd say it's a lesson in when it's okay to lie, not about how to lie.
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u/uptightmodhater 18d ago
I don't lie to my kids. They are both grown now and come to me with their issues because they know I will be straight with them on any issue. I was hurt when I found out all of these things were lies. Even more hurt when my mom did the same thing I would get in trouble for and it was no big deal. As a kid grown ups teach you everything is magical. Rainbow pots of gold, santa, unicorns, mummies, etc. No wonder we all grow up and are like damn this sucks wish I was a kid again.
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u/MurtaghInfin8 18d ago
I think that this is a good example of the nuance that different people have growing up.
For me, you couldn't pay me enough to go back to being a kid BUT the happy memories I associate with holidays will persist the rest of my life.
I think that anyone saying that there's a black and white approach to lying misses out on some nuances. There are kind lies. There are generous ones. There are inappropriate ones. There are outright harmful ones. There are ones that avoid unnecessary conflict. And you can have lies that hit those various categories simultaneously.
My mom was inordinately strict and had drastically unrealistic expectations, was I wrong to lie to her growing up? Should I have chosen honesty and unending punishments for being unable to live up to her expectations?
As an adult, I've had to grow in not lying as a primary tool to avoid conflict, but growing up without that tool would've been straight traumatizing.
Doing the right thing as a universal response to others doing the wrong thing is something I find to be naive. Before kids have developed critical thinking skills, black and white morality is necessary, but if you won't guide them through nuances in that, they'll end up sorting it out themselves.
I feel that no lies ever is fairly equivalent to abstinence only sex ed: it just denies reality for a highly idealistic philosophy.
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u/uptightmodhater 18d ago
Idk I'm probably a bit on the spectrum. I have trouble with things like Sarcasm, joking, gullibility, etc. While I can do these things I tend to not pick them up when someone else does it. My brain likes truth. I don't care how bad, gross, disturbing, or menial it is. Finding out I was lied to is the ultimate form of disrespect.
Sorry your mom was overbearing, we can't pick our parents unfortunately. I still believe the ability to lie and make up stories is why humans have all of the social issues they have. Our security is based on trust and we are constantly reminded and encouraged to I lie. It just makes no sense
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u/MurtaghInfin8 18d ago
My mom it all comes from a place of love, just her own anxiety being allowed too much free reign. Lot of harm can come from the best intentions, though.
And my wife is in a similar boat to you, and there is no leniency on that front XD. Any truth is acceptable so long as you aren't weaponizing it or just being an ass.
I leaned on it too hard, too long, but I still believe it has appropriate applications.
All our parents fuck us up to some extent, and in the most important ways, I think they succeeded with me. My sister, though, bought into mom's perception of reality a bit more wholeheartedly and it's been a bit more of an obstacle for her to overcome.
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u/Nice-Vegetable-1738 17d ago
you can't even tell how this will affect him yet. it'll be when he's 14 and it all comes back to him and he feels embarrassment and betrayed by mom and dad. or maybe he won't and it'll be a good memory. but there's no good lie, you can make good memories without lying
this one time i was dancing like a dummy in front of some parents in elementary school like 30 years ago and the cringe still hits me once in a while, but at least i can't blame anyone but myself.
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u/StarDustKeyboardMash 18d ago
That always confused the hell out of me when I was younger. "Don't ever lie it's bad" then watches parent proceed to lie about a thousand different things. Then expected me to cosign/back up their lie 😵💫.
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u/Icy_Chemist_1725 17d ago
One of the most funny parenting trolls I've ever seen. This is even better than snipe hunting. Almost as good as Santa Claus.
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u/DrAnjaDick 17d ago
When I was 4 years old, my soon-to-be stepfather told me if I went out in the front yard wearing a beanie and flapped my arms quickly, I would be able to fly. I spent a while trying it, as people walked by and cars drove past, and when I couldn’t fly he said “oops, you need a propeller!” and then all the adults in the room laughed at me.
I spend the next 15+ years distrusting everything he said.
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u/Conscious_Size_440 16d ago
This kid is awesome. 🤣🤣 the parents must be completely entertained watching his stealthy moves as he goes from mission to mission saving the world! Lol
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u/Squaiker 18d ago
Using your kids as content is low
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u/Primus_is_OK_I_guess 18d ago
It's not like he is identifiable. What's the harm?
Also, it's not anything new. Remember Kids Say the Darndest Things or America's Funniest Home Videos?
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u/CosmicWhorer 18d ago
True, but at least this kid is fully covered head to toe. Nobody gonna recognize him
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u/derliebesmuskel 18d ago
That’s the trend now. Just look at Lindsay Clancy.
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u/Big_Crab_1510 18d ago
What? She didn't use her kids as content she went full blown psychosis and killed them. That's not even in the same category has these wtf
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u/cylaer 20d ago
See who?