I’ll go first: “You have to have children when you’re young,” told to me when I was in my late 20s, with no desire to ever have kids, and no means to support them, by someone divorced multiple times with at least one adult child who does not speak to them.

Also: Responding to “How do I deal with this problem?” questions with “Oh, don’t worry about it, it’s enough that you’re even thinking about it!”

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    1 year ago

    Or to someone with anxiety:

    “Just don’t be anxious!”

    🫠…

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      1 year ago

      “But it’s not actually scary!”

      Yes, I know, that’s why it’s a disorder and not just being a reasonable person who’s afraid of frightening things!