Many years ago, when I was a teen, I asked my mom to go to a sportswear store and buy me a jersey of my favorite football team. With my savings, for sure. I was sick and couldn’t go with her, and when she came back, she told me that she saw the jersey and didn’t like its colors, but she bought me a “prettier” one. And she then presented me with… yes, a jersey of my team’s archrival!
What I’m getting at is that often even the most sincere desires of our parents to help us turn into outright fails. And when we don’t show delight and gratitude for this “help,” they invariably get offended. As, for example, happened to the mother of the user Blubstering – the author of today’s story.
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