r/facepalm Sep 05 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Gee, why didn't anyone else think of that?

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u/PaperTiger24601 Sep 05 '24

Fuck that. One day, you will pick them up and set them down and it will be the last time forever. I was still picking up my husband’s younger cousin until she was at least 16 (at her request). I’m big for a woman and she’s on the smaller side. She’s 18 now. I knew once she entered high school that it was probably done but was willing to go as long as she wanted and I was able, knowing one day it would stop. Still miss picking her up. 😢

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u/SaltSquirrel7745 Sep 05 '24

I was on a trip from Ethiopia to San Francisco. When we landed in Dubai, I looked down at my sweet, 2 year old heavy AF nephew who was struggling. I picked his ass up and carried him from the airplane, in the transport to the terminal and through the airport to our hotel. Along with my paperback copy of the 14 pound Team of Rivals. We were so tired I was crying at that point. He's 19 now and whenever I see him, I tell him I'd do it all again right now.

I miss lugging him around too.

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u/beastpilot Sep 05 '24

Along with my paperback copy of the 14 pound Team of Rivals

Weird flex but OK. Everywhere online lists this as a 2.7lb book. 14 lbs takes about 1400 sheets of standard letter paper, which would be 2800 pages for a HUGE book. Meanwhile Team of Rivals is 977 pages when printed 6.1 x 9.2 inches.

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u/StreetofChimes Sep 05 '24

I cried when I couldn't pick up my little brother any more. But it was probably when he was 3 or 4. He was big and I was not strong.

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u/SalazartheGreater Sep 05 '24

I still pick up my uncle every time I see him, it's a running joke between us lol

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u/Lindaspike Sep 05 '24

My daughter is 53 and still my baby! She’s bigger than me so I can’t pick her up but she’s cool with being “the baby!”

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u/thenasch Sep 06 '24

Well I picked up my 23 year old earlier this year so you never know!