C01 mrsjdavis: Auntie should have asked "So how are you going to do that?" before assuming he meant he was going to pester the grl.
C02 audiodart: I think "no one had told him that before" made it obvious the conversation continued & they specified the boy had been told to keep pestering the girl. I doubt it was meant to be malicious but "keep trying with her" is a rly common sentiment
C03 vicodin-is-that-you: Teach your girls.
C04: you ever heard of the heart wants what the heart wants? or Helen of Troy.. that is how we know it was not an assumption, it was legitimate concern, he had ample chance to correct his aunt, "No I meant… keep trying with other girls." Nada
R01 OP: You're allowing the adult to make assumptions while expecting the child to understand and respond perfectly. The adult gets to misinterpret while the child is expected to understand exactly why he's being reprimanded, understand exactly how what he said got misinterpreted, and know exactly how to respond on the spot, while also acknowledging that if he phrases his response wrong, it will be seen as "arguing". I'm well into adulthood and I still struggle to respond on the spot to someone who's reprimanding me because they misinterpreted what I said, so a child is definitely going to struggle even more.
R02: @former-incel i can see why you would say that given your background but I have seen influencers advising men online to do this very thing; plus I have experienced it multiple times & most of my friends who are subjected to the same abuse from men. As a child my brother had a crush whom he gifted a present & we together came up with the idea of continuing to pester her, it's a really common idea to love bomb your crush. I'm not allowing any assumptions beyond what is common to the human experience & the ways of men—tho there are exceptions to the rule, your sub-group is an anomaly.
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WOW! Dodged a bullet, fun is not the goal, safety/peace..the above interview is a very candid confession of his vulnerabilities, not s/t he admits to in his podcast when he is doling out advice to women—but also the whole % of ppl he counsels, only two pairs seems like s/t he could see himself being ok with continuing. No one is happy?! This is totally what I see around me, it's all ho-hum or a rocky horror show! There a tons of ppl on antidepressants or anxiety meds on top of all this too
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Guard us, protect and bless us from on high.
Give us Thy strength and make this conflict cease.
Then grant us, Lord, Thy everlasting peace.
Watch o'er our soldiers, give them strength to fight.
Our sailors bless, let right increase their might.
Be with them on the land and stormy deep.
Their homes protect, their wives and children keep.
Smile on our country, let us not forget
Our cause is just. We shall not then regret
The lives laid down, the sacrifice we make!
'Tis nothing, Lord, when 'tis for Thy dear sake.
Our Colonies protect and grant that we
A nation loving, fearing God may be.
Give us Thy strength and make this conflict cease.
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