My MIL takes the cake on this subject. She once announced, “Marilyn doesn’t like fruit.” This even though I had frequently eaten various fruit at her table in front of her. Turns out I had not eaten any of the peaches ripening on the kitchen windowsill that visit.
She also once asked with great concern when hearing about our upcoming Florida trip with then seven year old son, “Tell me, Marilyn, what is DS going to do in DisneyWorld?” I didn’t even know how to start answering that one… “Um. have fun?” Turns out her only experience there was the International part of Epcot. Her entire image of DisneyWorld was exclusively shops and restaurants.
MIL had serious tunnel vision.