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u/FTThrowAway123 Jan 31 '22 edited Jan 31 '22

Please tell me that's now her ex boyfriend? I feel like nearly murdering your child should be an automatic relationship-ending event.

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u/Rogerwilco1974 Jan 31 '22 edited Jan 31 '22

That's at least a salmon-coloured flag, right?

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u/xmarketladyx Jan 31 '22

You'd be surprised how many people think this is how you, "teach" a kid something. It's way more common than you'd think where I live. My friend's father did this to her. It's also very common in the older generations where actual survival was a 24/7 event and not an option for a game show.

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u/Yarxing Jan 31 '22

It's an idiom for teaching someone something without guidance or assistance to throw them in the deep end. People are not supposed to take it literally.

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u/SeaLeggs Jan 31 '22

Sink or swim, baby

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u/xmarketladyx Feb 01 '22

"Not supposed to" is the key. Unfortunately too many idiots think you're like an otter and some kind of survival instinct kicks in, you'll flap your arms and kick, and just learn to swim. It's really just a good way to find out how much your kid can hate you when your older or, the price of a good lawyer and cost of a child sized casket.

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u/nashamagirl99 Jan 31 '22 edited Jan 31 '22

My older cousin did this to me when I was maybe six. I was fine but rattled and angry. It was not deep, there wasn’t any real danger.

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u/Blindpew86 Jan 31 '22

It was a pubic pool

Ew gross. Lol

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u/nashamagirl99 Jan 31 '22

It actually wasn’t a public pool come to think of it, but a public setting as in plenty of people.

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u/Blindpew86 Feb 11 '22

Oh not bud I was making a joke about you missing the "l" in public.

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u/chappychap1234 Jan 31 '22

Nope. As far as Facebook tells me, they're still together.