• FinjaminPoach@lemmy.worldOP
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    9 hours ago

    Honestly in my experience charming parents is easy lol, but i guess that means people had to strike more of a balance between being a “respectable young man” (to charm the parents) and “not a total dork” (to charm the lady in question) - The lack of this social balance is why society is collapsing !

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      4 hours ago

      I think this comes down to a quirk of personality.

      I have always charmed parents even though I’m somewhat rough around the edges (probably partially because my mom died when I was young and older women still see me as a little lost lamb who needs mothering in my thirties), but my best friend near universally turns parents off, even though we’re pretty similar.

      When we were younger, everyone thought she was a bad influence on me, though it was probably the other way around.

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      8 hours ago

      Haha if you were not a complete menace (or at least didn’t sound like one), I guess to a certain extent they found it cute? Good times! 🥲