“I Throw Away Stained Tupperware”: 50 Generational Curses People Are Enjoying Breaking

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i want to upvote this again and again

That's still a perfectly good reason

Exactly. No one listened to me.so I had to put up with a nasty uncle waaay too long

Yes!!!

Absolutely. You will say goodbye to grandma but you don't have to give hugs or kisses. Mom, don't tell the kids they have to kiss you. You ask

I told my mom recently that I didnt really like being touched too much, but I’ll still give hugs, it’s just the patting of the legs and stuff that I don’t like, especially from my dad. She said “Well has anyone every abused you by touching you that way?” I said no because nobody ever has and she replied with “then there’s no reason you wouldn’t like being touched too much.” And we haven’t spoken about it since

My parents never forced me or insisted on this, especially as I said I didn’t really like hugging people (other than them, whom I always loved hugging, and still do), and I am most thankful for that. But I must add (albeit on a different level) that requiring a child to make eye contact can be somewhat troublesome, too.

Double yes!!!

How do you teach a defiant toddler to show affection without encouraging them to?

Genuine question, at what age do kids/babies get to say? A baby gets hugs and kisses all the time with parental OK, but at what point should the consent be switched from parent to child? Is it age? Or when the kid starts to talk and learns the word "no" or what?

You’re not a bad daughter! However, as a mother myself, I do enjoy hugs from my 26 year old son! Lol He thinks it’s too lovey-dovey or sappy if you know what I mean. So I respect his boundaries. I’m sure your mom just loves you a lot and is used to the “old” way of doing things

Tell your mother that it’s YOUR choice not HER choice! You are NOT a bad daughter, your mother is a bad mother with boundaries!!

Me too

Think of how you do show affection and other ways to show your mom you care. Then let your mom know that these acts are your “hugs” and do that instead of physical affection. My son doesn’t like a lot of hugs so I had to figure out a different way to show him affection. You’re a good daughter, all relationships take work. Edited for clarity

Well done!

I wish my parents had abided by that! We had so many fights over food I hated. Usually veggies. :) Most nights I was not allowed to leave the table unless I choked down some nasty microwaved peas or something similar. There were times I'd sit there for an hour not eating them just to prove a point. As an adult I refuse to eat anything I don't like - even if it offends someone. Thanks Mom and Dad!

In my family, you have to at least try a bite, even if you don't like it. And if you're full, you're full.

Unless you have a kid who will abuse this and eat only eat fries/hot dogs/ pizza if you let them. Some boundaries must be set. Meals I cook are by no means controversial or nasty, there is approximately 20-30 of them with varieties and I expect them to be eaten as a main meal for the day. Other meals (breakfast, supper etc.) are by choice most of the time.

....but don't let them eat dessert if they ask for it 5 minutes after being "full"........

With number 2 rule following on behind, don't waste food. If you don't know whether you like something, have a little bit, you can always add more food to your plate.

Now In my family it's sort of half and half. I eat most meals my Dad makes so therefore if I don't like one meal occasionally that's ok and I can have smt else. But my sisters.....they don't often eat what my Dad cooks so sometimes my parents do make them have a few spoons to fill them up. However, if we were having egg and potato curry (yum) my Dad would do egg and potato separate and give them to my sisters. So half and half really!

There is boundaries though... if they're being sooky or difficult because they want junk food, i'm going to make them eat their veggies, no matter what.

I have swallowed tiny pieces of meat with a liquid like they were pills many a time in my childhood.

US here, I definitely think the "clean your plate" mentality contributes to obesity, but I think the gigantic portion sizes and insane amount of refined sugar in processed foods play major roles too. A single US jumbo-sized, fast food meal with a soda is often the entire recommended daily intake of sugar, salt, calories, etc.

In a twist on that, I don't make my son eat meals if he's not hungry. Don't want breakfast or lunch? Fine, I'll see you at dinner.

Same, my parents taught my brothers and I to control our portions. We could always go back for seconds of our favorites. We had to try everything, but were only given small portions of the new foods. If we didn't like the new food, my parents would shift it to their plate...or sometimes, ahem, it may have fallen on the floor for one of our dogs to destroy the evidence LOL

This, the top comment is "but I don't like yucky veggies!" I know a guy (30) only eats fries, nuggets or pizza bread sticks. He's not fat but that doesn't mean his heart is healthy.

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