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A dad's enthusiastic singing during a family car ride didn't exactly win over his young audience—at least not according to his brutally honest 7-year-old.
In a Reddit post, user u/dandanmichaelis shared a picture of a handwritten note their daughter had given to their husband after what they described as a "particularly brutal" car ride featuring his singing.
The note read: "Dear Dad, I think that you are the worst singer and like plants so much that it makes you weird."
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The original poster (OP) shared the message in the houseplants subreddit, likely because of the unexpected plant-related insult.
They titled the post: "Our 7-year-old wrote this and gave it to my husband after a particularly brutal car ride of him singing. The plant comment was extra lol."
However, the young music critic might have a valid point, as obsessions with houseplants are not uncommon, with one woman going viral after specifically telling her husband to keep his green fingers in his pockets while out shopping.
In February, Newsweek reported on how Emily Copeland posted a clip on Reddit, showing her husband smiling nervously before panning to a shopping cart filled with large houseplants, and get 3 million upvotes in the process.
At the time of writing, the kiddie critic post had received 16,000 upvotes and over 230 comments, with posters cracking up at the child's no-holds-barred critique.
" My daughter's friend said, 'UGH! What's with the plants and candles? It's like A SPA in here!'" one user wrote.
"If you ever feel like maybe you feel too good about yourself, have kids! They'll clear that right up!" another added.
Many other parents shared their kids' remarks on the number of plants they keep in the house.
"Whenever my son has a new friend over and they're going [through] our house he says, 'Yeah, my mom keeps it like a jungle in here,'" a third said.
One user called the note "disrespectful" and suggested the OP have a conversation with their son about how to handle his feelings.
The OP explained how their husband was purposefully antagonizing her by singing as loudly as he could.
"The note was definitely in jest and not in anger," they added.
On the other hand, a first-grade teacher praised the little girl for her writing and called her an "excellent speller."
Delighted, the OP responded, "We are very proud of her and she excels in school. She LOVES writing."
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