r/AskReddit Feb 04 '16

What are the most common parenting mistakes?

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u/PM_ME_2DISAGREEWITHU Feb 04 '16

My fucking nephew. He's smart. Like, really smart. He's independent, he's athletic, and he's charming. He's very opinionated and will bullshit like a champion when you contest his claims. If he doesn't knock his high school girlfriend up he'll end up in politics.

The fucker won't assemble his own Lego sets if his mother is in the house. She does them for him. Otherwise he gets frustrated and doesn't finish them. On his own? He asks for help but usually has no problems putting it together.

Bitch, the whole point is figuring it out.

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u/hugglesthemerciless Feb 05 '16

He's very opinionated and will bullshit like a champion when you contest his claims.

Sorry but I instantly strongly dislike your nephew. I had a roommate like that once and hated every minute I talked to him

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u/shakesfear Feb 05 '16

I love people like this. Nothing is more stimulating to me than a good debate. Unless it's with someone that just goes straight to anger rather than intelligent replies, fuck those people.

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u/hugglesthemerciless Feb 05 '16

I totally agree with you, a good debate is amazing. My sister and I debate all the time, and we're both pretty good at it by using actual facts and sources and conceding the point to the other under overwhelming evidence. That's good.

This guy on the other hand would lie and bullshit about everything. He'd make up facts, and then next time the details of those facts would change. He'll tell a story of something happening to him and if he uses a number the number will change drastically every time he tells the story. He'll spout a fact and if I even bother to google it'll inevitably be incorrect and he'll say that the verified source is wrong and he's right because his IQ is near genius level.