You sweet summer child

[thinkprint]

AIBU to feel absolutely fucking murderous when people say this?

Someone called me that on here 😭😭😭 I cant even remember what I retorted

Its so rude 😄

I think that's the point.

It’s not though. They say it for anything.

’I think my wisteria will come out nice this year’.

’Ah you sweet summer child’.

’My baby has a placid, calm nature so I’m not finding the terrible twos that bad’.

’Ah you sweet summer child’.

It is so patronising and condescending and FROM A TV SHOW.

Which tv show? I’ve been seeing that for aeons.

It’s from Game of Thrones where their summers last for years.

It's been around a lot longer than that.

No, it hasn’t.

Bless your heart @thinkprint 😉

Oh you sweet summer child.

It's been around since the 1800s.

Yes it has. I'm 57, it was 'used' in my childhood.

Ah you sweet summer child.

Sorry! Couldn't resist.

I've never heard this before. It does sounds quite annoying though.

It was made popular by Game of Thrones, but it was not originally from that.

Has it? Where was it used in the 1800s?

😂

It's definitely older than game of thrones!

Poetry.

https://thequestingfeast.com/the-origin-of-sweet-summer-child/

www.google.com

It will take you less than 30 seconds to find it is way older than Game of Thrones...

You sweet summer child 😉

It has. But it has always been annoying.

It’s patronising and lazy. People using it think they’re being cutting. I also hate it

Yes, it way predates GoT! I’ve seen it used in American fiction going way back.

This is calling the breeze a child of the summer. That’s just the same words, not the meaning. The patronising ‘you don’t know what’s coming’ usage is from Game of Thrones.

I have never heard of it until tonight. It sounds like it has probably always been quite patronising!

No- my gran used to say this with exactly that meaning- ie if you’re born in summer you’ve never seen a winter. It’s an old saying basically meaning “ you’re being naive or innocent”.

It's really not, it's been used that way for decades at least. I've never watched GOT and I have known of the phrase for at least 30 years.

You may be able to find the combination of “sweet” “summer” and “child” in previous literary works but these do not appear to have the same meaning as Martin’s use of the phrase. Which is when everyone started quoting it thinking they sounded like Littlefinger which they do not.

You are a sweet summer child. Own it and move on.