• BigBenis@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    My dad does the opposite of mansplaining, he explains things using terminology and concepts that are way above my level of understanding and gets frustrated when I ask too many clarifying questions or when I struggle to catch on.

    It fucked with me pretty bad growing up and in an effort not to put other people through that I tend to assume people know little about esoteric subjects I’m talking about and try to explain things in a way the general layperson would understand. If they let on that they seem familiar with the subject then I adjust but I do often worry I’m coming off as being condescending :⁠-⁠\

    • Manalith@midwest.social
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      9 months ago

      I tend to just lean into the fact that I can’t explain things well and get as vague as possible.

      “Hey honey, how was work?”

      “Not bad, did a thing that lead to another thing needing to be done and broke all of the things at the place.”