oh for ****'s sake you're playing me up to be this ultra-clever person.
*no*.
I'd say excuses like that would actually be pretty simple, most people didn't mention you D1 because you didn't feel you could comment / didn't like (or feel you could be a part of) meta reading, if you were maf, it would be pretty easy for you to keep softing that, while adding a little more content as the game goes on, yet still manage to coast by.
This makes it sound like Dad's comment is some elaborate, intelligent scheme, whereas it's not too far of what you've been doing, with some excuses thrown in. I'd like to see your reads too if you're able to provide