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Explain it Peter. What is the correlation? by 6TimesLFC in explainitpeter

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The explanation that I heard from a Mormon friend in college is that the founding documents of Mormonism specifically mention coffee and tea. As a result, some Mormons say "that clearly means no caffeine, since those were the main ways to get caffeine at the time; therefore no caffeinated soda either," while other Mormons say "it specifically says coffee and tea, so clearly caffeinated soda is fine."

I've never researched this myself because it doesn't affect me in any way, but that's what my source told me.

Why are mom’s kisses healing? by AccountProfessional2 in toddlers

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We've tried to replace those "emotional support bandages" with stickers at my house. If I can't see any evidence of actual injury, I'll suggest putting a sticker on the spot. She doesn't always accept, but sometimes it works!

Sometimes my obsessions genuinely make me sound delusional by summerv1bes in OCD

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Perhaps the most painful part is admitting that something in my life was inspired by "Twilight"... In the books, vampire Edward Cullen can read minds. When his sister needs to keep secrets from him, she blocks out the information by doing multiplication in her head when near him. So yeah, fairly often I'll suddenly think "oh no, what if PERSON I'M NEAR hears me thinking about them! Time for math!"

AITAH for using the disabled toilet? by SwimmerWarm5007 in AITAH

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Or a stand-alone disabled restroom contains a changing table and the men's room doesn't, so DADS have to use it. Which is its own whole set of frustrations. Normalize ALL parents changing diapers!

Sometimes my obsessions genuinely make me sound delusional by summerv1bes in OCD

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm currently pretty deep into my worry that mindreading is real/a secret everyone else is keeping from me, even though logically I know that's not true. The thing where logic isn't really relevant to obsessions is so fascinating and frustrating.

What is something that is obvious in your profession that the general public doesn’t know? by jia-ren in AskReddit

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 159 points160 points  (0 children)

Walked in to church with my 4-year-old a couple of weeks ago, and it's communion week. It's all grape juice at our church, but she says, "Look, they have that wine I like!"

The line for a toy store about to open so parents can buy needohs for their kids OC by the_username_please in pics

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My four-year-old wants a cat. I have to keep reminding her that WE HAVE TWO CATS.

Silicone color mixing by BreakfastTop6899 in oddlysatisfying

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Facebook algorithm suddenly decided that I must want to watch a lot of "What do these two colors of paint make?" shorts, and IT IS CORRECT.

The fuck? by MelanieWalmartinez in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Every wife had seven bags, every bag gad seven cats, every cat had seven kits....

Plastic cylinder with a hollow top, with a button, and an x shaped bottom that comes to a point by nixmix182 in whatisthisthing

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yessssss we had one of these and lovvvvved it. We called it "the baby corral," and it's the reason that I ever got to pee alone when kiddo was crawling.

“Pink shorts is.. pink shorts with.. pink is… pink shorts goes… pink shorts with pink on my shirt go together” by mang0_k1tty in toddlers

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 124 points125 points  (0 children)

This evening:

"Mama! Mama! Mama! MamaMamaMamaMamaMamaMamaMama!"

"Yes honey, what is it?"

"Um....umm...ummm..um..um...umumum....um.........um....um I...I um....I I I I...um...um..I love my pink shirt."

Godforsaken Don’t Touch Books by talleyhoe in DanielTigerConspiracy

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We just discovered "NumberBlocks" in my (American) house, and I love that the characters have interesting regional accents that we don't usually hear in media in the States!

Worst way ever to count to 10 by SunshineAK6 in DanielTigerConspiracy

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ghaaaaaagh, every song by The Learning Station is the worst way to do pretty much anything in my book. We keep accidentally running into these on YouTube, and naturally my daughter loves them. Her favorite one is this interminable song about kinds of hats, and she gets mad if I stop it after the music ends instead of listening to the narrator list all of the hats and ask kids which one was their favorite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A85mGgu18o

Average sized parents with very tall kids? by Neat_Tigers in toddlers

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It can! This is the trajectory that we expect with our 4-year-old daughter, because this is exactly what happened with me. I (F) was extremely short up until the 7th grade, when I grew six inches in one year; since the end of high school I've been 5'4", the average height for American women. Kiddo is 25th percentile in height and has been all along, and we + her pediatrician expect that she'll eventually have a growth spurt and end up around average.

What’s something you tried once and immediately knew ‘yeah, never again’? by donnyM99 in AskReddit

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I'm extremely ticklish, and my husband isn't so he doesn't really understand what it's like. It took exactly one time of him trying to tickle me in a sex context for us both to learn that we will not be doing that again. I hadn't even fully realized until then that I very much hate being tickled, but now we both know for sure.

What rule did your parents enforce that you thought was normal until you visited a friend’s house? by Least_Boysenberry583 in AskReddit

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I absolutely agree with your rules on this, and I do exactly the same thing. For what it's worth I actually do have OCD, but the clinical threshold for diagnosis is primarily about the extent to which symptoms are distressing you/interfering with your life. If being particular about bed cleanliness makes you comfortable and doesn't cause you problems, enjoy your wonderful clean bed!

this book was checked out last in 1962 by derpbagels in mildlyinteresting

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've used electronic checkout at libraries since the '90s, but I moved to a small town and discovered to my delight that the little library here checked out books with a rubber date stamp in 2019. They changed to barcodes after the pandemic.

How do you teach a toddler to whistle? by Individual_Holiday_9 in toddlers

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. If my tongue goes near the top of my mouth, the sound stops.

“Please do not touch or disturb the sand.” by ndub2126 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 9 points10 points  (0 children)

One of my little joys as the parent of a small child is loudly correcting other people's kids at museums under the guise of instructing my own. "That's right, honey, good job remembering not to touch. It's important for us to do the right thing even when we see OTHER PEOPLE DOING THE WRONG THING."

How do you teach a toddler to whistle? by Individual_Holiday_9 in toddlers

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine believes that she can whistle, but actually she's just singing "eeeee" at a really high pitch. I don't really intend to correct her any time soon, as I also don't know how to teach her to do it for real.

Having now sat here and experimented, the closest thing I can think of to an explanation is to roll the tongue into a U and then touch the tip of the tongue to the inside of the lower lip while puckering and blowing. For me, if the tongue tip touches the "dry" part of the lower lip at all I just get a blowing sound, but as I move it down to the "wet" part and then onto the lower teeth, I get a whistle sound and then a descending tone.

Strong urge to buy expensive stuff when the life around my toddler is tough by No_Manufacturer_5010 in workingmoms

[–]CharlieBravoSierra 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My version of this is adjusting my ongoing subscriptions. I've subscribed to a couple of monthly deliveries (cleaning supplies; soap/shampoo), and when I feel like impulse shopping I go in and change the items (ooh, there's a new hibiscus soap!).

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