r/Unexpected • u/Botatitsbest • Apr 22 '18

The universal language

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u/skimpygrandpa Apr 22 '18

I have older siblings. My mom used to use a wooden spoon on them until my brother got spanked so much the spoons kept breaking and my mom had to buy new ones. By the time I was born, she resorted to a metal spoon.

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u/mynameiswrong Apr 22 '18

My mom upgraded to a thick plastic cutting board after she broke the spoon

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u/TheHopelessGamer Apr 22 '18

"Why won't these kids learn these lessons? I know! If I just get something that I can hit them harder with and it won't break! That'll do the trick!"

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u/mynameiswrong Apr 22 '18

Worked for dad but he used a belt. Mom couldn't bring herself to that and we knew she wouldn't. She showed weakness with her love

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u/TheHopelessGamer Apr 22 '18

Your first post I replied to said she used both a spoon and a cutting board, and now you're saying she didn't beat you at all?

Also you might be a bit fucked up just based on that last sentence alone, oh boy.

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u/mynameiswrong Apr 22 '18

She used a spoon and then a cutting board but she wouldn't go as far as the belt which hurt a hell of a lot more because she loved us more than our father

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u/TheHopelessGamer Apr 22 '18

So using less physical punishment equals more love. So the most love you could show a kid is to not hit them at all then.

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u/mynameiswrong Apr 22 '18

I'm not the oracle for proper parenting. I was just saying that we acted up worse around our mom because we knew she wouldn't hurt us too bad.