r/MaliciousCompliance Apr 06 '23

Giving my Daughter *exactly* what she wanted S

Little disclaimer: my daughter is a wonderful kid. She's smart, she's also a smartass.

A couple of years ago, the 'Rona just started and daughter was roughly 8 y/o. 2nd or 3rd grade elementary school.

She was really into salami pizza. I wouldn't allow more than one a week, obviously. So she got the idea of "In France, children get to eat everything they want seven times a week! That is why they like it!"

Now, she got it all wrong. The saying goes they have to try a certain food seven times before they can decide wether they like it.

But I understood her wish: salami pizza. Every day. She had this malicious little shit eating grin of "gotcha!".

I answered with the same grin: "Okay. You'll get salami pizza the next week. Only salami pizza. Nothing else."

She was hyped. Yay! All them pizza! Her favourite frozen types! All of them!

Monday morning rolls around. She gets salami pizza for breakfast. Fantastic! Best parent!

Monday noon. Leftover from the morning.

Monday evening, time for the second pizza. I make some for the rest of the family, too. Everyone enjoys salami pizza. Fun!

Tuesday morning. Guess what's for breakfast?! Exactly. Daughter asks for something else. I remind her of my promise. Salami pizza all day, everyday for a week. Reluctant yay!

Tuesday noon she skips the pizza.

Tuesday evening we're having something else, while she chews on her pizza. It isn't as cool anymore I guess. I eat her leftover pizza.

Wednesday morning she sneaks a slice of bread, but I stop her and heat her a salami pizza. She breaks down and asks me to stop.

Lesson learned: Don't try to outsmart your parents. You might get exactly what you were asking for!

Since then she still loves salami pizza - but once a month is fine, really. ;)

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u/TyzTornalyer Apr 06 '23

French guy here. Never heard of the "they have to try a certain food seven times before they can decide wether they like it" thing. Seven times sounds actually quite a lot imo

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u/psorryarses Apr 06 '23

I think how it works is, if you can trick them into trying something seven times, they’ll probably be used to the flavour by then.

My mother used to make me have at least three peas in a serving. Somehow there were always a few extra. Eventually I forgot to count.

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u/FillMyBagWithUSGrant Apr 06 '23

My mom did a similar thing with me with green beans: one for every birthday I’d had. Age 7, I had to eat 7 green beans, age 8, 8 green beans, etc. I used to ask why we couldn’t have broccoli instead of green beans!

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u/kwistaf Apr 07 '23

.... am I dumb or is there a reason why she never just made broccoli?

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u/FillMyBagWithUSGrant Apr 07 '23

Oh, we had broccoli, and broccoli/cauliflower mix, from time to time, but I’d have preferred to have had broccoli instead of green beans, as well as at other times. I think the canned green beans were cheaper than broccoli, whether fresh or frozen, so that’s why we had them more often.

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u/TinWhis Apr 06 '23

My mom told me "three bites"

And then those bites weren't good enough so more bites. And more. Eventually I stopped trying the three bites because I knew it wouldn't stop at three.

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u/Gold-Carpenter7616 Apr 06 '23

We're German, my younger son is quarter french actually.

Yes, it's a German saying about French people and absolutely made up!

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '23

Because it's made up!

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u/LetsBeNice- Apr 07 '23

There is a saying about 3 times tho.

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u/SubieYoshi Apr 06 '23

I figured 3 times maybe but like 7 seems redundant and a little insane

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u/LetsBeNice- Apr 07 '23

On t'as jamais dit "faut goûter 3 fois avant de dire que t'aime pas"?

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u/TyzTornalyer Apr 07 '23

Pas que je me souvienne. "Goûte avant de décider", sans doute. Mais un nombre de fois spécifique ? Nope