• greenbit@lemmy.zip
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    12 hours ago

    The universe answers in its own timeline. If the kid just sent an intent, it doesn’t mean it’ll happen right away. Hedging quantum physics (like wording it out to parents) adds probability

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    23 hours ago

    I’d always put the money in an envelope with my kids names written to be all magical and fancy looking but didn’t try especially hard to disguise my handwriting. When my daughter was probably eight she just casually informed me how much she had noticed the tooth fairy’s handwriting looked just like mine 🤔 she’s smart, it both let me know she knew what was up but was still low key enough the gravy train kept coming for the rest of her teeth lol

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    21 hours ago

    I did this as a kid as well, though I never confronted my parents about it. I just quietly died a little inside as the whimsical magic of my childhood was eclipsed by the cold truth of our reality.

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    1 day ago

    It’s a valuable lesson for him to learn the hard way.

    Having to route your request through the proper channels to get things done.

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    18 hours ago

    u got off lucky. daughter found the Santa wrapping paper one year. lined everything up and did a full presentation for us.

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    Last Christmas my daughter kept getting closer to figuring things out until one night she cryptically said, “I can’t wait until I’m an adult so I can learn about grown up secrets.”

    “What kind of secrets are those?”

    “You know, like if Santa wasn’t real or something.”

    “Well if Santa wasn’t real, then we’d definitely want to keep that secret from kids like your little brother, so we’d never ever talk about it.”

    “Oh yeah.”

    Then she never mentioned it again.

    It may have been our fault for doing way too many holiday activities. She must have met four or five different Santas that year.

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    1 day ago

    Wrong lesson, kid. Hide other people’s teeth under your pillow & keep telling your parents you lost another tooth. Infinite cash.