r/AbsoluteUnits • u/RD4200 • 28d ago

/r/all of a Toddler

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u/Justarandom55 28d ago

My parents used to steal my candy and every tasty thing in the house was first come first serve. They used the excuse that they ate it cause it wasn’t good for me. Guess who ended up learning to eat a lot, to eat fast, and to never leave a crumb for later.

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u/VeryThicknLong 28d ago

It’s so interesting to hear other’s stories. I grew up with parents to, looking back, I realise are more selfish and greedy than anyone I’ve ever met since.

Even now, well into their 70s, they will look for the biggest plate of food being dished up, not think twice about cutting off ‘their’ exact portion off a huge block of cheese, leaving nothing for anyone else. And conveniently forget about nice things / holidays / expensive meals I’ve treated them to over the years.

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u/Mr_Jalapeno 28d ago edited 28d ago

Just reminded me of something that happened years ago that had me totally blindsided at the time.

I was out for a meal with a bunch of people, and there was this couple that I didn't know super well, like friends of friends.

Anyway we get to the cheese course at the end of the meal, and this woman cuts a regular sliver of cheese like any normal person would cut... THEN TAKES THE ENTIRE BLOCK OF CHEESE FOR HERSELF AND LEAVES THIS SMALL SHAVING OF CHEESE ON THE BOARD FOR EVERYONE ELSE.

I was genuinely speechless.

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u/VeryThicknLong 28d ago

😂… that’s exactly the kind of shit I’m talking about. Like, pure speechless at the greed and lack of any kind of social barometer. 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/Character_Feed8733 28d ago edited 28d ago

Narcissistic personality 101 my friend.
ETA: thank you for the award! It’s my first!

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u/VeryThicknLong 28d ago

Yeah, I’ve had my fair share of conditional love from them, that’s for sure. And physical and mental abuse. Did nothing for my self-esteem.

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u/Character_Feed8733 28d ago

Same!!!! My mother IS Moyra from Schitts Creek.

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u/VeryThicknLong 27d ago

😣 so sorry to hear that 😔

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u/TrixieFriganza 28d ago

Such childish begavior from your parents, usually it's younger siblings who do crap like that.

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u/cityshepherd 28d ago

Yeah my parents were big but not HUGE… but I have 2 brothers. We all played football and other sports. We basically all learned that if you didn’t get to the snacks first, you wouldn’t get any. So we all learned to eat a lot and eat fast. I also played football in college, and was actually undersized as a defensive lineman at first.

I spent the first 22 years of my life eating as much as possible to try and gain as much weight as possible. The moment I finished my playing career and stopped the extremely intensive workout routine I blew up like a balloon. It took me until I was in my 30s to figure out how to eat like a normal human being.

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u/VeryThicknLong 28d ago

Honestly, they’ve been exactly like that my whole life. I don’t know how I avoided being like it, I’m quite the opposite. They’re not overweight or anything, but just the most grabbing, and selfish people I’ve ever known.

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u/Yonderthepale 28d ago

Same, I learned young cookies go fast so eat them NOW or they'll all be gone in an hour.

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u/Expensive_Air965 28d ago

I learned to hide and hoard food because of this.

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u/Bizarrebazaars 28d ago

Eating disordered behavior for sure, all around. :(

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u/Mine_Antoine 28d ago

Are they children??