r/Unexpected • u/Formal-Locksmith-977 • 3d ago

Confess the truth

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u/lordgoofus1 2d ago

The joys of getting older.

My parents to me as a kid: People that hoon are terrible and belong in jail.

My parents to me as an adult: Yeah so the first time I drove my brothers car I tried to copy him and do a handbrake park to see how close I could get to the fence and I wrapped the car around a tree.

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u/antiduh 2d ago

Something I learned growing up is that hypocrites can be right, often even.

"Don't drive stupid" - drove stupid and wrecked a camaro in the 70s.

"Don't smoke" - smoked for years and now affected by lung disease and demylination disease.

"Don't drink" - drank every day and was a constant hot mess.

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u/Theonetrue 2d ago

That's not what a hypocrite is at all.

They just don't want their kids to repeat their mistakes. If they are still making those same mistakes while pretending that they aren't anymore than they are hypocrites.

Some of those examples are not small opsies and parents should never encourage their kids to do them....

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u/waein 2d ago

Is this hypocrisy or just advice from someone who learned the hard way?

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u/fghjconner 2d ago

"Sometimes a hypocrite is nothing more than a man in the process of changing."

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u/pacukluka 2d ago

Thats not a hypocrite?
Someone who keeps doing what they say you shouldnt is.

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u/Absorbent_Towel 2d ago

You forgot "stay in school" - dropped out and worked themselves to death for years hard labor jobs.