Memories of Aunt Frieda
Crazy-making psychological invalidations that should not be said to children:
Me: Auntie, I have a headache.
Aunt Frieda: (stock answer) I ALWAYS have a headache, but I do what has to be done ANYWAY.
Me: Auntie, I'm bored.
Aunt Frieda: (stock answer) Intelligent people are never bored.
Me: I hate you! (regular childhood tantrum)
Aunt Frieda: (stock answer) It's normal for children to hate their parents at your age.
2 Comments:
You know, this explains a lot. :)
I believe dear Auntie's actual words were: "Smart children are never bored." Somehow I feel that distinction is worthy of note...you making her use bigger words than she did & all that.
not that a stupid child would actually know what "intelligent" means...
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