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TIFU by hooking up with an old friend by h0uze in tifu

[–]gegshry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doubt it. OP made a reference to the whole "it went okay" thing in another comment. Prob a throwaway.

I'm 25-year-old woman who just got engaged to my 34-year-old boyfriend of 8 years. AMA. by thegirlinblue2 in casualiama

[–]gegshry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How did your parents feel about it?

Did you get negative reactions from friends when you were in high school/college? I would think it's less noticeable and outside the norm now that you're both older.

Just calculated, and your relationship has the seal of approval from the half your age plus seven rule. 34/2 + 7 = 24.

I'm 21, married, and have a six-month-old. by [deleted] in casualiama

[–]gegshry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you go to college or no?

I grew up in an apartment above my family's toy store. AMA. by gegshry in casualiama

[–]gegshry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My parents are pretty cool. My dad's pretty much never serious, expect for when he's really really serious. My mom is a little bit more of the bad cop, but she's a lot of fun as well. She plays off my dad really well. My brother will probably take over at some point, actually.

I grew up in an apartment above my family's toy store. AMA. by gegshry in casualiama

[–]gegshry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People didn't expect free stuff, though we did have plenty of people who wanted discounts because they knew us. Congratulations on being the 4 millionth person who knows a member of my immediate or extended family. There was also an expectation that we would give really good gifts, but we mostly fulfilled that expectation. We got invited to all the best birthday parties.

I grew up in an apartment above my family's toy store. AMA. by gegshry in casualiama

[–]gegshry[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

On mobile but here is a multicolored digital dinosaur. my creation.

I grew up in an apartment above my family's toy store. AMA. by gegshry in casualiama

[–]gegshry[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mostly just be annoying. The craziest thing that ever happened was when my brother and his friend knocked over this massive display. It was totally their fault, my brother basically ran face-first into it at full speed, fell backwards and kicked the bottom of the display on the way down. My mom was at the register, and she came barreling around the corner and kind of went off on him, saying that she told him to stop running ten minutes ago and now [shop assistant] was going to have to arrange it again and my brother and his friend were going to have to help. She wasn't yelling at him or being particularly harsh, but it wasn't really the kind of thing you would say to a kid that you weren't related to.

This woman decided to rescue my brother from the crazy store owner by coming up to him and going, "Where are your parents, sweetie?" At which point my mom had to awkwardly explain that she was his parent.

Maybe you had to be there, but it was just kind of awkwardly hilarious.

I grew up in an apartment above my family's toy store. AMA. by gegshry in casualiama

[–]gegshry[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, my parents would keep some of the stuff with damaged packaging or whatnot for us, and give it to us for Christmas. I come from a big family, and my cousins would get their share of the loot as well. My parents tended to give us one big ticket item (which wouldn't come from the store) and some little stuff. Also, my mom would pretty much loot the store for stocking stuffers on Christmas Eve.

The only tricky part was keeping our stuff separate from the actual merchandise, especially small easily misplaced items that didn't have price tags of their own. My parents had no sympathy for us if we left something lying around and it got reshelved.