Context: A young adult tells his mother that he’s depressed and that life is meaningless and that he wants to die (suicide is not directly mentioned but implied). Then the mother proceeds to express “regretting giving birth to you” directly to that young adult.
(That young adult is me)
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 8 hours ago
Not normal, just uhhh… common maybe.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I was trying to think of a way to put it, but that’s a good sentence in this context for sure.
Also, yes, blood relation does not mean you have to put up with some asshole’s cruelty. Cut them out if you can.
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
I was just consuming some media and that line of “regretting giving birth” came up and I was just like: I hope that’s not that common.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Either you don’t know what normal is or common is if you think they’re different things…
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
Cancer is not normal cell tissue, but it’s very common. They are different words, with different meanings.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I’m so glad you chimed in. Everyone loves someone who starts a silly, pedantic argument for no good reason.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 8 hours ago
Maybe. The way I understand it:
Normal is something that’s basically the way it should be, while common just refers to being of higher frequency of occurence, regularly seen.
For example: “Is police brutality normal?” vs “Is police brutality common?”
No and yes.