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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I bet he’s making equally ludicrous and obnoxious statements to your brother, just on different topics, assuming your brother shares info about kids with him. I’d also guess his friend either exaggerates, your dad exaggerates what his friend says about their kid, or they have some weird competition about whose kids are better and they both tell stories like that.

My mom used to compare my sister and me in such a way we both thought she put the other on a pedestal. She was just being a butthead. She also told both of us about gifts she and dad gave the other, making us both think they were giving a lot of money to the other sibling. Most of that was untrue. My sister was still on their cell phone family plan, but she sent them payments every month. My parents would mention that they still covered her cell phone from time to time. Once I took a trip with them and they told my sister they treated me, but I paid my way.

All that to say, some people like to spew nonsense. It doesn’t mean anything about you, it’s just that they don’t have as much excitement in their lives as they did before, and when you take away their filter, you get this kind of verbal diarrhea. Disregard most of it. [/quote]

Yes my mother would complain to each of us kids about the other and their spouses! 
With dad it’s a bit different. I am not concerned about whether I am really a bad or a good mother, but rather that my dad who I always thought was nice is now being a petty, judgmental person. 
Or is he just clueless and is fascinated by facts from someone’s life. 
I don’t know why it bothers me so much, but lately I feel like I haven’t known him that well all my life. [/quote]

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