Oh, dude, I hear that. I've always told people that the secret to having a good relationship with your kids is: Love what your kids love, and your kids will love you.
So one day I was waiting in line at Chipotle, standing next to a table with a guy and his teen son, who was going on and on about an episode of Dragonball Z in intense detail, as his Dad looked like he wanted to die.
I went home and called my son, who knows my philosophy, and told him about seeing the guy and his son, and said "I have to give the guy credit for hanging in there, but if you had been a Pokemon or Anime kid...I would have had to cut you loose."
To me the problem with kids is not the content but their delivery. A kid whose excited can't tell a story for shit, it's just a rambly mess of words. I pretend to be enraptured and entranced ofc for their development but god is it a tough listen
Yup! My nephew does that when he sees me. Just starts telling me a story and halfway through he starts making shit up. I assume to keep me interested in the story. But it’s just random things happening that I’m sure is just a mashup of something he heard on YouTube or something. I love that kid but he sucks at talking right now.
The real issue is that my kid will only wants to talk about their crappy 2IV build of Lucario. I need to hear about the 6IV Lunala/Koraidon Apex build or I don't give a shit.
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BarneyPiccolo@lemmings.world · 34 pts · 98d
Oh, dude, I hear that. I've always told people that the secret to having a good relationship with your kids is: Love what your kids love, and your kids will love you.
So one day I was waiting in line at Chipotle, standing next to a table with a guy and his teen son, who was going on and on about an episode of Dragonball Z in intense detail, as his Dad looked like he wanted to die.
I went home and called my son, who knows my philosophy, and told him about seeing the guy and his son, and said "I have to give the guy credit for hanging in there, but if you had been a Pokemon or Anime kid...I would have had to cut you loose."
He laughed, and said he would have deserved it.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 98d
Checks out
LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 98d
Lmao. I wouldn’t have known, makes the post so much better.
Flower@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 98d
Parent is then later surprised when the kids don't care about anything said parent will tell them.
EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 98d
Oh hey, it's my parents, about literally every topic I wanted to talk about as a kid.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 98d
:(
🫂
sangeteria@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 98d
To me the problem with kids is not the content but their delivery. A kid whose excited can't tell a story for shit, it's just a rambly mess of words. I pretend to be enraptured and entranced ofc for their development but god is it a tough listen
shawn1122@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 98d
To be fair there are a lot of adults like this too.
miraclerandy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 98d
Yup! My nephew does that when he sees me. Just starts telling me a story and halfway through he starts making shit up. I assume to keep me interested in the story. But it’s just random things happening that I’m sure is just a mashup of something he heard on YouTube or something. I love that kid but he sucks at talking right now.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 98d
40K fans know this pain.
imadethis@fedinsfw.app · 5 pts · 98d
They wanted grimdark, I'll give 'em grimdark, by the emperor's bosom!
juja@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 98d
cat’s in the cradle
Geode998@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 98d
Harsh but fair 😂
RacerX@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 98d
The real issue is that my kid will only wants to talk about their crappy 2IV build of Lucario. I need to hear about the 6IV Lunala/Koraidon Apex build or I don't give a shit.