Adult Children Maliciously Comply With Parents Demands From Their Childhoods, Hilarity Ensues

Emmy Pratt • Writer and Editor

Jul 13, 2022 3:00 PM EDT

Have you ever been told, "when you live under my roof, you follow my rules"? It's one of the all-time classic lines parents use to mean "sit down and shut up." Kids don't usually have the power to maliciously comply with their parent's wishes, at least without getting in trouble or being labeled a smart *ss. They typically just have to complicity bow to their parent's every wish. But when they grow up, they're able to give their mom and dad a taste of their own medicine.

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OP shares a time they strategically acquiesce to their moms wishes as a child.

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Fellow Redditors joined in with similar stories; The only difference is that they were in it for the long haul.

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One mother found that her child had also picked up on her strategic rhetoric.

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The malicious compliance continues.

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Amelia Bedelia would be the queen of this Reddit thread.

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