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[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 weeks ago

When I was starting high school and going through registration with my mom, we were standing in line behind another kid and his mom that I knew pretty well from middle school.

My mom starts talking to his mom about how she now has one child each in elementary, middle school, and high school this year, and it's going to be overwhelming.

What my mom didn't know is that she was talking to the mom of a legendary family of like seven kids. The guy I went to school with was the second youngest of the bunch. In elementary school, one of his older brothers stopped by the class and talked about his time in boot camp. We had middle aged teachers who had gone to school with his older siblings. My mom did not pick her battle well on that one.