CockneyRebel wrote:
I made the mistake of telling my Nana the Christmas that I was 15 years old. She told me that I was just a little bit slow. That's not something that you say to a teenager.
My dad had a elementary teacher tell his mom (a substitute teacher who sometimes was at that school) that she thought my dad was
a bit ret*d.
Although, (when telling the story) he's also said she might be right (especially given the understandings and vocabulary of the time).
Do you think your nana was trying to be mean, or trying to be comforting?
I'm sorry she said that though, even if you pick it apart critically it's not something you say to a teenager (and you don't expect teenagers to critically pick something like that apart).
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