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vesati t1_j19kbh2 wrote

Ugh, this is one of those super-rare occasions where a surgical gaslighting may be optimal and justified.

You have to start sooner rather than later to modify her memory of the incident.

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ShortCartographers OP t1_j19z20r wrote

Our hope is that if we make the incident inconsequential by not giving it any extra attention if she never brings it up, or if she does ask then we give very simple age appropriate answers and act unbothered, then hopefully it will just fade from her memory from being unimportant to her

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vesati t1_j19zp8i wrote

I'm certain that whatever happens, it will all work out.

Absolute worst case scenario and your child turns out to be eidetic, she'll carry the role model of your marriage with her into adulthood.

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freebat23 t1_j1axs7r wrote

i've heard "snuggling" usually does the trick. i doubt she'll remember it too well though haha

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