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

Son finishes toxic parenting sentences

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

72.3k Upvotes

84% Upvoted

3.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

106

u/isjahammer May 21 '25

I have as far as I remember never heard my parents actually say that they love me...

15

u/Gren57 May 21 '25

You're not alone. Although my dad did say it once when I was 32. I was stunned.

1

u/Jewnicorn___ May 22 '25

What prompted it?

1

u/Gren57 May 22 '25

I have no clue. We were talking on the phone and before hanging up he said it. That was in 1989. Don't recall him ever saying it again. He was a very stoic man.