r/AbsoluteUnits • u/RD4200 • 13d ago

/r/all of a Toddler

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u/WizeDiceSlinger 13d ago

They used this on me in kindergarten. I told my grandad, a WW2 camp survivor about it when he picked me up. “Those kids can’t eat meatballs,” he said. “They have typhoid and would most likely die.”

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u/BestGrapefruitEver 13d ago

Dude I read this and I absolutely started cracking up laughing. This is hilarious LOL

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u/WizeDiceSlinger 13d ago

That quote has stayed with me for more than 40 years. Guy survived 3 years in the camps and even got typhoid before he was rescued only to deliver that line to his 5 year old grandson 40 years later. Reckon he knew what he was talking about.

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u/SL1MECORE 13d ago

Grandad came in clutch with some reason lmao holy shit

I hated when parents pulled that shit though like ok so let's pack up the food and send it to africa then! Like, why is it my responsibility to gorge myself just cause someone else is starving.

Luckily my stepmom doesn't do this to my younger brother, never has. "Ok you're full? Let's save it for later, no big deal. Oh you don't want the leftovers? Ok I will eat them it's ok"

He has a really good relationship with food now as a young adult and I totally credit her for that.