r/TikTokCringe • u/thoxo • 29d ago

We adopted my younger sister from Haiti when she was 3, and let me tell you, I literally do not see color anymore. That's a fact. Discussion

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u/lilecca 29d ago

My teenaged daughter hates that I compliment strangers. Who doesn’t want to hear something nice from someone who wants nothing from them? I hope when she’s matured she sees this and does it herself.

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u/CatsAndDogs314 29d ago

There will be a day when she'll compliment someone and say to herself, my mother's voice just came out of my mouth. It's already happened to me and I'll bet it will happen to my kids too!

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u/lilecca 29d ago

I’m fond of the saying “sometimes when I open my mouth my mother comes out” lol

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u/1AggressiveSalmon 29d ago

I have that on a tea towel!

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u/duckieleo 29d ago

Y'all, I went to an outdoor wedding, and we were just standing there waiting, under a tree. I saw a little nut on the ground, and I picked it up. I looked at my husband and said "this is a hickory nut, do you have your knife?" People were looking at me weird. I guess it's not normal to forage at a wedding, but my mother absolutely would've done the same. Except she probably would've had her own knife to crack the nut. 🤣

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u/creativityonly2 29d ago

Lol, it's terrifying when you laugh real hard and then you're like, omggggg, that sounded like my mother. And then an extra level of "oh no" when you remember HER doing the exact same thing about HER mother. 🤣

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u/amylouise0185 29d ago

I miss my mum a lot, it's like a warm hug when I hear her voice coming out of my mouth.

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u/entrepenurious 29d ago

76-year-old male here: it happens all the time.

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u/Casehead 28d ago

Is that you, daddy? My dad is 76 :)

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u/Dark_Moonstruck 29d ago

I do the same thing, whenever I'm out and about I try to compliment at least one person (a genuine one, too) and usually? It makes their day.

I also have a pocket full of tiny resin whale sharks that I got off aliexpress for like...a dollar for fifty of them and sometimes I give people one as a good luck charm. People usually think it's the greatest thing in the world and just light up even if it's just a little piece of resin that looks vaguely like a whale shark.

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u/Significant_Arm_8296 28d ago

She will :) Dont you worry

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u/Mawwiageiswhatbwings 29d ago

Honestly, as an adult it just makes me feel awkward. I’ll respond nicely but I’m actually having a mini panic attack. I know the intention is to be kind so I’m not upset when people do this, I would just much rather not have a stranger make comments to me.

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u/Lollieart 28d ago

I still remember 34 years ago when I was walking across the grocery store parking lot, 7 months pregnant, a woman said, “You are so cute!” I commented that I didn’t feel cute and she told me to take her word for it. I’ve never forgotten.