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<blockquote data-quote="Smallbrit" data-source="post: 1656058" data-attributes="member: 456748"><p>My dad actually said the double cream thing to me a couple of days ago <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> And my mum was diabetic, so he should have known for a good 20 years about what carbs are.</p><p></p><p>(I should have too growing up with her, but I'm going to excuse my self-absorbed 15-year-old self for only really being aware that she didn't eat cake and she always had to have sweets in her handbag. I certainly never thought then about what it all meant.)</p><p></p><p>I think people by and large just don't have the awareness that people who go through things do. I am severely deaf and still have to remind my family sometimes not to turn their backs/talk into the floor/whisper/mumble when talking to me I used to work at a deaf charity, though, and even then, both hearing and completely deaf people still forgot about things like that, as they assumed I hear as well as a fully hearing person because I wear hearing aids. I'm sure I had my own forgetful moments with colleagues too.</p><p></p><p>The present was obviously meant with love and thought, although misguided, so yes - I'd agree that a gentle talk about it and how large amounts of sweets will no longer work as presents is the way forward. And remember... there'll still probably be slip ups, and it's okay to be annoyed too. </p><p></p><p>20 years of lack of double cream knowledge is not really excusable though...!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Smallbrit, post: 1656058, member: 456748"] My dad actually said the double cream thing to me a couple of days ago :) And my mum was diabetic, so he should have known for a good 20 years about what carbs are. (I should have too growing up with her, but I'm going to excuse my self-absorbed 15-year-old self for only really being aware that she didn't eat cake and she always had to have sweets in her handbag. I certainly never thought then about what it all meant.) I think people by and large just don't have the awareness that people who go through things do. I am severely deaf and still have to remind my family sometimes not to turn their backs/talk into the floor/whisper/mumble when talking to me I used to work at a deaf charity, though, and even then, both hearing and completely deaf people still forgot about things like that, as they assumed I hear as well as a fully hearing person because I wear hearing aids. I'm sure I had my own forgetful moments with colleagues too. The present was obviously meant with love and thought, although misguided, so yes - I'd agree that a gentle talk about it and how large amounts of sweets will no longer work as presents is the way forward. And remember... there'll still probably be slip ups, and it's okay to be annoyed too. 20 years of lack of double cream knowledge is not really excusable though...! [/QUOTE]
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