Things people did as children that had a huge impact on their parents

Dec 4, 2016 10:06 PM

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It kinda hurts to hear that something so simple as telling them to stop can save your parents' marriage/lives. Feels Bad Man.

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I know no one will care but reading this made me think about my mother differently. I need to tell her I love her. She deserves better of me

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I'm told the reason I never heard my mother swear growing up is because my older brother started cursing at two, so she made herself stop.

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some of these kids be like

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I love that in this crummy world, there can be kindness and love so deep it brings feels across the internet.

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I made a bet (jokingly) when I was 9 with my dad that he wouldn't be able to stop chewing tobacco for 2 weeks. Hasn't chewed tobacco since.

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I'm 18 by the way, so yeah. Pretty long time.

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I lived in USSR, when I was 9, it collapsed. Within a year, I looked in the fridge to only see butter and asked dad, "What's for dinner?"

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He quit being a lab assistant and went into selling clothes. He got completely grey hair by 40. Then he got fat, I asked if he was wearing

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a fanny pack. He wasn't. He returned to xc skiing. 13 years later, last year he did 10-60km races, wins medals in his age group.

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When my brother was little he got spanked a lot, one day he told my dad he didn't mind the spankings but just don't use his toys (hot wheels

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Tracks) and that moment my dad decided spanking wasn't the solution. He's still a shitty dad though.

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When I was 3, my dad had an accident that involved his nose getting chopped off. They reattatched it, and he spent 4 months in hospital. 1/

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I didn't like hospitals, so I only spoke to my dad over the phone. When he finally got out, his nose was a lot shorter and he still had 2/

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Scarring/swelling over his cheeks. I didn't recognise him, and when he picked me up, I looked him dead in the eye and asked him where 3/

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My daddy was. He got really upset, and I still feel bad 23 years later. 4/4

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Cigarette smoke REALLY bothers me. I've passed out before in Vegas. At 4 y/o I apparently told my mom her smoking was killing me. 1/2

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2/2 and it made her realized it really was, and so my father and her quit right then. Now second hand bothers her almost as much as me.

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i made my dad a paper weight when i was one for his birthday. It was a rock with glitter and paint. He still uses it to this day.

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I was born and my parents threw me in the trash

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Were you conceived on prom night?

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Prom night dumpster baaaaaby!

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At least you got taken out, unlike 99.9% of the rest of Imgur.

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I wonder if oomp1214 and I went to the same summer camp. The one talk was about "all non christians go to hell" someone asked "well what if

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its like those non-contacted people in the Amazon or something." Reply: "Still go to hell, everyone knows it in their heart and if you dont

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recognize it you go to hell." Most of the kids were not having this, and when we split into small groups a different adult said "well maybe

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it isnt like that at all." That is when I realized that nobody in the religion could agree on anything, and I started to think for myself.

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It wasn't until many years later that I became an atheist, but I like to think that this was the first time I could remember being skeptical

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15/26 is hitting me like a ton of bricks right now. I've got to make more time for my 2 year old son.

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What are these from? My parents passed when I was in high school and these made me happy to read. I'd like more.

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It was one of those clickbait websites that show up on facebook, and you have to clic "next" a million times to get through each story (1/2)

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I'd imagine if you searched Reddit you'd find plenty. That's usually the source for those things

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My older sister and me would hide her cigs and cut them up. We guilted her into quiting. Her best friend smoked, so it must have been rough.

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"Her" D'oh, I meant my mom

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Sorry for reposting this, it accidentally deleted from the mobile app

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Thanks for the good cries.

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Where are these from originally?

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I stumbled upon it on Facebook, but it was one of those websites where you have to click "next" like a million times to see each (1/2)

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story (so they get ad revenue). I just went through all the pages and took screenshots so people wouldn't have to do all that work (2/2)

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You're the hero we deserve.

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1. I had a similar church experience as a child. I was maybe 5-6? I was in the Sparks club or whatever it's called. Our dog had just had

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2. puppies and they all died. I told the pastor I was sad, but it was ok because they all went to heaven. His response was to tell me that

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3. they were going to heaven, they were going to rot in the ground because animals don't have souls. Five fucking years old....

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*weren't

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4. Mother took me out of the program that day and we never went to church again.

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Wtfffffff

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My mom worked a lot and when I was 4 I told her I had a dream where there was 2 of her and I had to pick out the real one. 1/2

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And I knew which one was the fake because she said that she had time to play with me and my real mommy never had time to play. 2/2

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Who.

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Whoa.

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I'm confused about the bleeding on the blanket and that causing the parents to get divorced. Why did the dad think that meant sex?

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And he has a teenager in the house. Just asked them once, good enough, must have been the wife, I'm getting a divorce then.

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That's seems like a big jump, makes me believe it's made up.

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Or dad was just looking for an excuse in the first place

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Yeah, that one is totally weird. This blanket is covered in virginity blood and the parents accuse each other? WTF?

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Also menstrual blood, and fluids leaked during sex tend to have a distinctive shape.

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Some women can bleed during rough sex. If he knows his wife like that, but he wasn't the one doing it ... I can understand his mentality

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It's not common at all, to come to the conclusion that is from sex is super weird.

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But it wouldn't remotely smell like her or anyone of the right age bracket. Unless he's a smoker or anosmiac he would've known.

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But they tried washing it ... and who smells stuff like that??

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You don't try. Noses just work.

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Apparently my dad used to drink A LOT when we were kids. Beer during the day, liquor at night. Sometimes sipped beer while driving. 1/

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I didn't remember that, but I do remember taking a sip of (unbeknownst to me) spiked orange juice that he left by the couch when I was 5. 2/

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I even added ice to my milk to mirror my father. It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized he was drinking white russians. 3/

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As I grew older I noticed he stopped drinking liquor and would buy much less beer. Decreasing his intake to 3 beers/week. My older sister 4/

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informed me that when she was in the D.A.R.E program at elem school she learned about the dangers of alcohol consumption, 5/

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and asked our father to drink less. He listened and changed his behaviour. 6/6

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My dad had a traveling job and he walked into the house one day and my sister ran away crying thinking that the house was being burglarized

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Ouch

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1/ was in basic around father's day, couldn't do much else other than send him a letter. They gave us a dog tag that had the core army

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2/ values on it; loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and personal courage. I included in the letter and told him

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3/ I didn't need this because he has already taught me these values. Got a typed letter back which I thought seemed impersonal. It wasn't

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4/ until later when my step-mom said that is the first time she had ever seen him cry in 20 years of marriage and he had to type because

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5/ he was worried he would tear up and smudge the ink when writing it.

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I'm pretty sure my mom is being scammed into selling sketchy health products. She's stubborn as hell and my father and I have tried 1/3

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everything to convince her but to no avail. My sister doesn't want to upset her and remains neutral, but my mom won't budge at all. 2/3

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She's completely convinced in its legitimacy. Neither me nor my dad are often home anymore due to uni and work. I need some advice... 3/3

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Would she be convinced by watching a video or documentary? Like, John Oliver did a segment on multilevel marketing that might be informative

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What is she selling?

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Would hide my moms cigs and ask her to quit. Get in trouble and yelled at. Parents argued all the time, when I was little I'd ask them to-

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Stop. One day my dad yells at me "that shit ain't cute anymore!! Knock it off!!"

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:/

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I'm sorry

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I'm slightly jealous of people close to their parents. I hope you have a lovely relationship with yours! :)

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I do, thanks. If they're not willing to be close to you, they're not worth being close to

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It's weird. I know my parents love me in their own way but just can't raise kids worth a crap. They won't travel to see their grandsonthough

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1. My dad (contractor) lost his favorite hammer once when I was 16. I took what little money I had from working a high school job and bought

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test

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please disregard

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stop reading

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dammit, this is just silly dont click the next one

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what

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2. Him an identical hammer and wrote on the receipt "no contractor should go without his hammer." I learned next week that he cried all day

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3. Over the message and that he put the receipt in "his book". Which my mom said was a book he put all the things he wants to look at again

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Like a favourites folder?

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except it exists.

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Just. Like. A. Favorite. Folder!

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4. Later on. He's not my biological father but he has pictures and cards I made for him growing up In that book. He really is my best friend

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Oh, you fucker! I'm not supposed to be feeling feels like this. +1

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"I caused my parents to get married. They're still married too, i'd say it was a pretty big impact" - Thank you for making me laugh

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Hahaha Thanks, now i get it.... I thought it missed the explanation... I'm dense

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Haha you remind me of me, how i was long ago. No you're not dense, i'm sure you're awesome. :) . This was pretty funny yea.

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Thanks for the good vibes good stranger. I guess i didn't get it at first because English is not my language. Have a nice day :)

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:) It's not my first language either Derps. I remember reading it a very long time ago and not getting it. I realized only after reading

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someone else's comment. Exactly like you. ok take care.

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