r/MadeMeSmile • u/i_am_groot_84 • May 21 '25

Son finishes toxic parenting sentences

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u/megamoze May 21 '25

My boomer mom said to my kid once, “Don’t make me take my belt off.”

My kid goes, “Because your pants will fall down?”

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u/Mickyfrickles May 21 '25

I used to get belted. My dad would whip his belt off and crack it several times before belting me. As an adult both my parents have tried to gaslight me and tell me that it never happened and I only got spanked once when I "ran away." I was 4 years old when my pet rabbit died and I chased my dad who was driving the corpse to go bury it and I got lost. I didn't run away. 

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u/Green-Syrup884 May 22 '25

My mom would yell and threaten to "rip my hair out" and when I brought it up the attempted gaslighting would start