>"hey son you're crippled, whats the name/number of that physiotherapist who's my age you go and see?"
>think nothing of it
>go see physiotherapist a few weeks later
>says "yeah I have to scale back my hours here's someone else to go and see"
>father casually mentions last week that he went and saw her for dubious reasons
>tells you today they're dating
>realize they've been dating for probably close to two months
and I've actually wondered how I got to be so effortlessly manipulative before