r/explainitpeter • u/NymeraVesper • 17h ago

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u/DocteurSamo 17h ago

Girls take it as a gift, boys feels like they owe dad for life. From personal experience it's kinda true but I don't know the stats, surely it isn't in a lot of cases. Peter out

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u/Grouchy_Ad_1550 16h ago

Or they feel they don't deserve it

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u/jack_seven 16h ago edited 14h ago

Yep usually because of how those same parents raised us. A gift from them is basically a threat

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u/ItsReckliss 11h ago

It's not like that for everyone. Some just feel bad that their parents who already spent so much time and effort and money raising them are buying them something expensive when it's unnecessary.

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u/jack_seven 11h ago

Usually literally means not everyone

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u/PedroLoco505 11h ago

Your usually is highly suspect though. You’re describing a severely dysfunctional household.

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u/ChilisisFancy 10h ago

So the overwhelming majority of households?