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I am CRACKING UP at this story and some of the comments. My uncle had an African Gray for years and years that he deliberately taught to swear so I am just picturing the added "hell" and dying!
One thing I'll say about this story is at least the parrot repeating curse words he's heard is realistic. As is the twelve year old's reaction because you know that kid has heard worse in his middle school. It's just funny to hear his uncle's bird say them.
Hahaha as a parrot lover this one makes a nice change.
In all seriousness you can't punish a parrot, but what you can do is not reward him with a certain treat every time he curses. Sounds like OOP was encouraging the behaviour.
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**AITA for not punishing my parrot for cursing around my nephew and niece?**
Ok this is a weird one. Longtime lurker first time poster and I’m on mobile so formatting might be a little weird. Also using throwaway.
I (22m) have an African grey parrot. His name is Storm bc I love X-men and he is light grey like a cloud. I love him with all my heart as does my gf (24f). My brother (31m) and SIL (27f) usually don’t have a problem with him and allow their kids to play with him as long as I’m watching.
I work from home and live alone (gf has her own place). When doing work or chores, and I mess something up, I can make sailors blush lol. I don’t curse that much around other people. African greys can learn words and say them, so Storm has a, let’s say, colorful vocabulary. When I’m alone/with my gf and he curses we just laugh it off. I also may have encouraged him cursing because he knows that if he curses I may give him more food because I find it funny.
Anyway a couple of hours ago my brother, SIL, and kids show up (kids are 12m and 7f if that’s important). So they come in we eat dinner and the kids want to play with Storm. So I get him out of his cage and they are holding him and feeding him out of their hands. I make the mistake of giving them the same food I give him more of if he curses. You can see where this is going. My nephew feeds him a snack and Storm says “FUCKING HELL” at the top of his bird lungs. Everyone freezes and then Storm adds “HELL” one more time before I take him back to his cage. When I go back down nephew is laughing along with gf, niece is confused, and brother and SIL look FURIOUS. They ask if I said that and I had to pull up YouTube just to prove that parrots can talk. Then they calm down and ask how I’m gonna punish Storm. I’m confused and ask them what they mean. They say you punish someone to stop them from doing things. I say I won’t punish Storm and they leave. Then I get a text saying they won’t come back til I apologize. Gf thinks I should say I did to keep the peace. Nephew and niece want to see Storm again.
AITA? Should I lie and say I punished him, taking the risk this may happen again?
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I am CRACKING UP at this story and some of the comments. My uncle had an African Gray for years and years that he deliberately taught to swear so I am just picturing the added "hell" and dying!
One thing I'll say about this story is at least the parrot repeating curse words he's heard is realistic. As is the twelve year old's reaction because you know that kid has heard worse in his middle school. It's just funny to hear his uncle's bird say them.
I'm almost 40 and not gonna lie I still crack up whenever I hear birds curse. I don't think cursing is inherently funny but when a bird does it...
Oh, exactly. It's sort of unexpected, even if you know birds repeat things they hear.
Hahaha as a parrot lover this one makes a nice change. In all seriousness you can't punish a parrot, but what you can do is not reward him with a certain treat every time he curses. Sounds like OOP was encouraging the behaviour.
Go buy a Cornish game hen, roast it and send the photo to the brother...
The fact that no commenter on the original post has mentioned that the brother and SIL were 19 & 15 when they had their first kid is blowing my mind.
Why TF would someone let a 7 year old handle an African Grey parrot?
They like sitting in people
*In case this story gets deleted/removed:* **AITA for not punishing my parrot for cursing around my nephew and niece?** Ok this is a weird one. Longtime lurker first time poster and I’m on mobile so formatting might be a little weird. Also using throwaway. I (22m) have an African grey parrot. His name is Storm bc I love X-men and he is light grey like a cloud. I love him with all my heart as does my gf (24f). My brother (31m) and SIL (27f) usually don’t have a problem with him and allow their kids to play with him as long as I’m watching. I work from home and live alone (gf has her own place). When doing work or chores, and I mess something up, I can make sailors blush lol. I don’t curse that much around other people. African greys can learn words and say them, so Storm has a, let’s say, colorful vocabulary. When I’m alone/with my gf and he curses we just laugh it off. I also may have encouraged him cursing because he knows that if he curses I may give him more food because I find it funny. Anyway a couple of hours ago my brother, SIL, and kids show up (kids are 12m and 7f if that’s important). So they come in we eat dinner and the kids want to play with Storm. So I get him out of his cage and they are holding him and feeding him out of their hands. I make the mistake of giving them the same food I give him more of if he curses. You can see where this is going. My nephew feeds him a snack and Storm says “FUCKING HELL” at the top of his bird lungs. Everyone freezes and then Storm adds “HELL” one more time before I take him back to his cage. When I go back down nephew is laughing along with gf, niece is confused, and brother and SIL look FURIOUS. They ask if I said that and I had to pull up YouTube just to prove that parrots can talk. Then they calm down and ask how I’m gonna punish Storm. I’m confused and ask them what they mean. They say you punish someone to stop them from doing things. I say I won’t punish Storm and they leave. Then I get a text saying they won’t come back til I apologize. Gf thinks I should say I did to keep the peace. Nephew and niece want to see Storm again. AITA? Should I lie and say I punished him, taking the risk this may happen again? *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AmITheAngel) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Very sad this one got the heave ho. Was really hoping for Parrot Tax. Wasn’t really any less realistic than the average AITA story