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OlPatchy2Eyes Jul 4, 2024

Parents won't stop talking about friends' appearances

https://lemmy.world/post/17208465

Parents won't stop talking about friends' appearances - Lemmy.World

A number of my (M26) friends are women. I’m travelling and my parents want me to send them pictures, but I can’t send them a single picture with a girl next to me without her becoming my girlfriend in their eyes. I do fine for myself too! Actual girlfriends come and go and I tell them when I’m dating someone, and they hardly seem to care. Kills me dude.

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mozz Jul 4, 2024

They are just excited for you that you are traveling around and hanging out with people, and they love you so much that imagining you happy with this pretty girl as your girlfriend is overpowering

It is ok

I get why it bothers you, but out of all the sins a person’s parent can commit this one is pretty fuckin minor. Life is not forever, nor parents. I would let it go.

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OlPatchy2Eyes

You’re right, I know it’s harmless at the end of the day. The biggest issue it creates is that it makes me want to not talk about my friends with them, but I can get over it. Who cares if they think I’m getting a lot more action than I actually am anyway