Why quotation marks?

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My mil sent hubs and I a nice happy anniversary text this morning. But she put: you're great "parents" with parents in quotations. And we can't figure out why lol we are parents and have 2 kiddos.  So looking for theories because we're confused lol  🤪

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I ask straight out what that is meant to mean instead of guessing

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Does it remind anyone else of this scene?

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I've seen plenty of older people use quotations when they mean to underline or emphasize.  Unless you have a reason to think she's being passive aggressive about your parenting, I'd probably just chalk it up to misuse.

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Maybe she's just misused them 🤷🏾‍♀️, ask her 😂

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Maybe she meant it in a joking way to insinuate the weird feeling of her child being a parent?

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Some people have no idea how to use quotations properly lol

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Is she not tech savvy? My mom sends silly things sometimes

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She thinks something about the way you parent your kids. I hate ppl like that... She is being a asshole instead of just saying what she feels. It's no manual to being a parent.

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lol. Usually that means she doesn’t agree... but maybe she’s just trying to emphasize it... idk.

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A lot of older people misuse quotation marks (and other things) for some reason. My grandma always says “happy” birthday in cards lol

Why quotation marks?

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