"Oh gee wow, I wouldn't want to be in your shoes."
"You have a pretty hard life there."
"I agree, must be pretty tough for you, huh?"
The ridicule and sarcastic remarks coming from his friends didn't faze him. He actually saw it coming from a mile, much to his disappointment. He was hoping they would at least try to understand why his parents irritated him so much.
The story was that neither of his parents had a problem with Odd; it was the other way around.
It was great his parents were so supportive and ignore all of his faults. Odd could appreciate that.
What he didn't appreciate was his parents being supportive of everything his sisters do to him. Teasing him, mocking him, pulling all the pranks on him…even locking him in the bathroom for the entire night.
The first time one of his sisters pulled a prank on him was when he was four; they were shopping one day and pretended to leave him alone in the shopping mall. Odd cried nonstop that day and when he ran to his mother, she turned to him with the biggest smile on her face and said, "She's just being playful, Odd. You'll get used to it!" When he cried to his dad about it, he said the same exact line, with a pat on the head that added salt to injury.
Odd knew his mom and dad are good people but he can't help but think they can be unintentionally cruel sometimes.
Everyone fails to see how that could be possible but he did.
