Comment on Is a parent expressing regret of giving birth to a child directly to that child a normal thing that parents do?

• givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Normal is something that’s basically the way it should be,

  That is incorrect

  www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/normal

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  • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    First definition from your link:

    conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern characterized by that which is considered usual, typical, or routine

    I’m guessing the other person meant “the way it should be” not in a normative way but as in “the way you’d expect it to be since that’s the usual way”. That’s in line with the definition. Bottom line is both have several definitions but “normal” definitely has a very different connotation from “common”.

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    • givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m guessing the other person meant “the way it should be”

      That’s a pretty safe guess considering they explicitly said that…

      But I don’t think I’m going to make much ground explaining to you why they’re wrong either

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      • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        You misunderstood that sentence but I’m fine with leaving it be too.

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