Same here. Would also feel very tempted to tell the young person to go somewhere quite far away.
Skeletor
The funny thing is this person is telling the story as an inspiring tale about how she corrected her mom and set her on the right path…except it comes across as her mom bending over backwards to accommodate her ingrate, full-of-herself daughter.
“This is how you be an ally, kids.” Yeah, parents aren’t kids.
Colin Day
@Skeletor #3
And parents aren’t always allies, either.
latsot
And I just said “very sweet, but I’m not fantastic.”
Fixed it.
Papito
“Young person who is trying very hard not to be a fantastic young woman?”
Holms
Would it be uncharitable of me to point out that this woman’s objection implies women are not people? Probably.
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I would have been tempted to change it from “fantastic young woman” to just “young person” if I got that objection. Or just deleted the whole thing.
Same here. Would also feel very tempted to tell the young person to go somewhere quite far away.
The funny thing is this person is telling the story as an inspiring tale about how she corrected her mom and set her on the right path…except it comes across as her mom bending over backwards to accommodate her ingrate, full-of-herself daughter.
“This is how you be an ally, kids.” Yeah, parents aren’t kids.
@Skeletor #3
And parents aren’t always allies, either.
Fixed it.
“Young person who is trying very hard not to be a fantastic young woman?”
Would it be uncharitable of me to point out that this woman’s objection implies women are not people? Probably.