Her: "Aloe is a desert plant. It would love full sun the whole day"
Me: "Remember the last time you placed it outside for a few hours and it got all burned up, then you placed it in and got better after a few days? Don't put it outside. It can't handle the sunlight"
Her: ""
Now the plant is all dry and cracked up and burned and close to death.
We have a couple plants that survive in the shade in the office, like a Golden Pothos and a Bloodleaf, plus a bamboo in the middle of the house that has somehow stayed healthy in just a giant vase of water with nearly no light for years. A Ficus died, though, and a couple others.