88ryder88 t1_j71seqd wrote on February 3, 2023 at 1:40 PM

Reply to comment by mlqdscrvn in TIL ‘Genius dogs’ can learn names of more than 100 toys, study finds by ethereal3xp

My dad had two sons and a nephew. He couldn't get our names right. Half the time he called any one of us by all 3 names at the same time. "Hey, Chris-James-Carl, get me that widget over there."

He drank a lot in his early days, and smoked a lot of weed in his later days, so mix in some moderation, kids. That's one to grow on.

LoverlyRails t1_j71v5pu wrote on February 3, 2023 at 2:01 PM

Never did drugs/used alcohol. Having kids just fucks up your brain. I constantly mix up my kids names. The cat's name.

My mother did the same thing. It's sad and funny at the same time.

tombombdotcom t1_j744g17 wrote on February 3, 2023 at 10:49 PM

Doesn’t that have to do with our brain storing the names of people we love in the same region? I thought I read that somewhere, I’ll have to look it up.

Edit. https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/mixing-people-names/ here’s one article I found

ethereal3xp OP t1_j726bhq wrote on February 3, 2023 at 3:20 PM

Well

At least you can always lean to

"It's ok son or daughter"

"My son or My daughter"

😊

LoverlyRails t1_j727etn wrote on February 3, 2023 at 3:27 PM

I often call them all "my child".