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[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Even without YouTube, mother hated hearing me talk about Digimon and stuff. It was depressing. I had to listen to her ramble about her stupid colleagues, she could have at least pretended to listen to me ramble about Angewomon.

[–] yelling_at_cloud@programming.dev 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

God, I feel that!

My mother was scared that anything I liked might be harmful, so getting her to let me enjoy my games and music in peace felt like a win. She wouldn't feign any sort of interest, so if she asked a question you knew it was a threat.

In fact, I was almost 30 the first time either of my parents asked a genuine question about my favourite game of all time (that I spent literally thousands of hours playing). I was almost too shocked to answer.

I mean, I get that kid's stuff is boring, but I feel like if you can't take some kind of interest in your kids you shouldn't have any.

Rant over. Sorry, I just wanted to say that you're not alone!

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

The first time my mother was genuinely interested in a hobby of mine was when I started gardening last year. It was the first time I heard pride in her voice that wasn't tied to education?

I'm very emotional now.

[–] Biscuit@ani.social 11 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Tell me more about this Angewomon.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It wasn't really about the Angewomon (though pretty angel is cool) it was just being listened to and involved in a conversation that didn't feel like it would turn condescending and mean randomly because I missed some vital thing :<

[–] Biscuit@ani.social 1 points 13 hours ago

Nah my friend, I just wanted to listen :)

[–] Magnum@infosec.pub 4 points 1 day ago

Is it an angry woman?

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago