"We are so screwed" - rant
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Anonymous
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For some reason the "we are so screwed" parents drive me insane. Just admit that you are bragging! Someone I know posted this exact post (name changed) over the weekend:
"Larla is counting to 30 in Mandarin. She’s incredibly close to reading and spelling. I’m screwed. My husband is screwed. World domination coming soon." The kid is in kindergarten. I am sure it is advanced but not world domination advanced. And I see this ALL the time with kids that are perceived to be advanced at whatever skill they are doing. Kid rolls early? We are so screwed. Talks about complicated topics early? We are so screwed. You aren't "screwed" because your kid is advanced. End rant. |
Anonymous
| Once the baby learns to walk, then you're so screwed, IME. |
Anonymous
| I’ve never seen this but it would be really irritating! |
Anonymous
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I wonder if people are doing this because they are trying to not sound like they're bragging.
Honestly, though, people like celebrating their children's achievements. I don't see anything wrong with friends trying to be gracious about it. |
Anonymous
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What's amusing is that people complain about annoying people on social media. There's a solution for that... |
Anonymous
Hahaha!!!! |
Anonymous
| Everyone thinks their precious offspring are the smartest, most gorgeous kids ever to walk this earth. 99% aren't. It's just biology. |
Anonymous
| To be fair, an early roller/crawler/walker actually is kind of annoying sometimes because they don't stay where you put them and can get into things sooner. The rest of your examples are just bragging, obviously. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
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Friends had formal engraved birth announcements when their third daughter was born and at the end of the flowery bit about raising three girls, included “yeah, we’re f*cked...” I thought it was brilliantly funny!
Let people say what they say. How does it really effect you? |
Anonymous
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It rubs me the wrong way, too. Right up there with the "Larlo scored 17 goals at his travel soccer game this weekend! We are so blessed!"
people need to consider their audience. how does a parent of a disabled child feel reading about how "screwed" they are? just STFU |
Anonymous
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Yeah that is incredibly annoying.
In general, I find it annoying when parents think their children are advanced for skills that are totally within the range of normal development. I also find it annoying when parents brag about how big their children are. I actually had someone tell me their child was in the 99.86th percentile. Double digit accuracy! |
Anonymous
Ha this is true. Or any movement really. Crawling, walking, climbing. No more quick trips to the toilet for you! |
Anonymous
| First time parents seem to be the worst for those type of things. I assume they do not know how annoying they are. |
Anonymous
Just happened to me. Baby followed me to the toilet and tried playing with the toilet brush. I fended him off as I had uncomfortable diarrhea. |