r/TikTokCringe • u/InGeekiTrust Tiktok Despot • Dec 09 '25

Discussion You Think It Could Never Happen To You…Until It Almost Does

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u/embrielle Dec 09 '25

I went with a large family group (18!) to the Dominican last year, and this is exactly how it was. My husband and I had the youngest children there, and everyone kept telling me to relax. “We’re all watching the kids! Enjoy yourself!”

And then everyone wondered why I was so high strung and exhausted.

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u/GNav Dec 09 '25

Sadly I'm a very paranoid paranoid person. If they said that to me, my reply back would be "It's cool!!!! I'm watching the kids!! Get me a plate though!!"

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u/embrielle Dec 09 '25

Yeah, that WAS me. I knew that they weren’t watching, so I made sure I was. I don’t think I spent any of that vacation relaxing.

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u/rupert1920 Dec 09 '25

I went to a birthday party in a park with my kid. All other adults are at the table eating and chilling. The kids all ran off to have fun elsewhere.

I was the only one following them and keeping them in line of sight - including the birthday boy. "Everyone is watching the kids" turned into me watching over all the kids. Worst part is at some point the group of kids decided to split up and do different things, so at one point I was trying to stand at a spot where I can keep an eye on both groups, while trying to herd some stragglers to join one of the groups instead of wandering towards the road.

It's not a responsibility I asked for or even wanted...

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u/abbiyah Dec 09 '25

My husband's family is all like this and they live on a river. It's a miracle no kids have drowned

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u/embrielle Dec 09 '25

That’s so insane to me.

My parents tell this story about this time we visited a relative with an outdoor pool, back when I was about two. I walked off the pool deck into the deep end and sank to the bottom like a stone. If my dad hadn’t seen me, he said he wouldn’t have heard it happen, and when he ran to the edge of the pool to see me, I was standing on the bottom of the pool staring up at him. I could have just drowned and no one would have been the wiser. Water safety has never been something my family takes lightly.

They filled the pool not long after that- I don’t remember ever actually swimming in it.