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r/OldSchoolCool • u/Drnelk • 8h ago
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My 82-year-old mother-in-law told me that she once asked her mother how come she only had two children, despite being married quite young.
The answer was "Because I behaved myself'" which I always thought was a really sad answer.
29 u/Lexi_Banner 5h ago Grandma-In-Law probably just didn't want to answer the question because she thought it was incredibly invasive and rude. 12 u/Diessel_S 4h ago Kids are notoriously known to ask their parents invasive and rude questions 11 u/Lexi_Banner 4h ago Okay, and it's perfectly fine for the parent not to answer the question, or dance around it.
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Grandma-In-Law probably just didn't want to answer the question because she thought it was incredibly invasive and rude.
12 u/Diessel_S 4h ago Kids are notoriously known to ask their parents invasive and rude questions 11 u/Lexi_Banner 4h ago Okay, and it's perfectly fine for the parent not to answer the question, or dance around it.
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Kids are notoriously known to ask their parents invasive and rude questions
11 u/Lexi_Banner 4h ago Okay, and it's perfectly fine for the parent not to answer the question, or dance around it.
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Okay, and it's perfectly fine for the parent not to answer the question, or dance around it.
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u/LittleStoneBear 7h ago
My 82-year-old mother-in-law told me that she once asked her mother how come she only had two children, despite being married quite young.
The answer was "Because I behaved myself'" which I always thought was a really sad answer.