When I was young my mom would say things to me, and to this day i can still see myself, blond ponytail swinging furiously as i stomped around, after she said one of these horrible phrases or words to me. I can still hear myself yell at her "I will never say that to my kid, not ever"! Than one of the many doors, usually the bathroom or my bedroom door would slam. If it happened to be my bedroom that I went to sulk in, loud music could be heard quite quickly. You would think that she had said something so terrible that it would make me not love her anymore. Eventually I would come out of whatever room I had holed myself up in, and life would resume as normal until the next time she dared to utter something that I did not feel was the right answer. Here are my favorites.
1. NO..........
after which I always replied to her with WHY?? And than she said.....
2. Because I said so.....
The dreaded because I said so which is not a great answer, but works when you are in a bind and cant think of nothing better to say!
3. When I was your age....
I hated when my mom would say this, (or my grandparents) EX: when I was your age I had to walk 5 miles in snow up to my eyeballs...
4. Do as i say not as I do....
you can not get much more hypocritical than this, but it works in a time crunch.
After all these years I have come to the conclusion that my mother was right, and she knew all those yrs ago that i would indeed say these things to my children one day.
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