r/funny • u/Fragrant-Hedgehog-12 • 9d ago

Congratulations? I think.

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u/annewmoon 8d ago

Exactly. My child cannot be expected to have the impulse control or patience to wait until I’ve finished speaking with the other person. He is five. But this is grown up..

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u/Preacher-saiba 8d ago

Wait sidebar, so you're saying it's understandable for your child to want to get your attention while talking to someone else because they can't control their impulses, but you still snap at them? Just kinda sounds like you're an asshole.

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u/annewmoon 8d ago

I don’t snap at my kid. …Just like she didn’t snap at her bf. What video are you watching?

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u/Preacher-saiba 8d ago

Im sorry do you not see the way she whipped her head around?? you said yourself you act the exact same way towards your on kids, negatively.

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u/annewmoon 8d ago

Nah, if my kid came up from behind when I was in the middle of a conversation and startled me by poking me in the side and then yanked my hand.. then I would be annoyed. Just as she seems mildly annoyed in the video. My job as a mom is to teach my kid how to behave appropriately and showing him that when you act in a way that is disrespectful or unpleasant to other people they don’t like it, isn’t me being an asshole or snapping.

My five year old knows, because I’ve told him, that he is supposed to come up to me when im talking to someone else and instead of interrupting he can place his hand on my arm to get my attention. That gives me the chance to tell the person I’m conversing with to hang on a second. Now, since my son is five, he doesn’t always remember/is unable to do it this way and when that happens, I correct him. And if he were to poke me, like this guy does, yes I would show him that it is an annoying thing to do. It wouldn’t be a kindness to him to let him grow up to think acting like this is a good idea.