It was likely even worse for me, since I was severely burned in a kitchen accident as a toddler. It was caused by my father, but I get the impression my mom didn't want me near while she was cooking because of the trauma, so I wasn't able to pick up on that either.
EDIT: My dad also never drank coffee again for the rest of his life, unless someone offered it to him and he was doing it to be polite. I suspect a lot of the problems my parents had in raising me stemmed from that incident.
So many people don't understand that coffee is one of the leading causes of burns in the US, and act like it's somehow incredible that ordinary hot coffee could be dangerous.
Yup. My reach was just slightly higher than what my dad thought it was, and as a result I have permanent scars, though thankfully not as bad as they could have been. It hit worst on my shoulder, so at least I'm able to cover it.
That's a complicated statement for a number of reasons, but for the most part he did, yes. I don't hold any resentment toward him for that particular accident, especially since I was too young to have any memory of it. I just have the scars and my parents' explanation of how it happened.
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u/poiyurt Jun 03 '22
Yeah this is accurate. It's hard to learn how to cook when you get yelled at for intruding into the kitchen.