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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 45005" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p>Good job! I would have said something like "it's in the trunk. When you can speak to me in a civil manner, I'll give you the keys and you can go get it". </p><p></p><p>:devil:</p><p></p><p>My dear, beloved wife just did a similar thing with our little <strong>WEED</strong>wacker. He's been told several times to clean his room. No luck there (and no surprise, either). This afternoon, wife calls him and says "no more clean laundry until your room is clean". He then complains that he didn't have any clean boxers, and had to go to school "free and breezy".</p><p></p><p>wife, with a smile on her face, used her best pre-school paraeducator voice and said "Oh my, that's too bad. It really is. What can we do about this?". And then waited. And waited....</p><p></p><p>What I wouldn't have given to see the expression on his face on the other end of the phone at that moment.</p><p></p><p>When his pants start get so ripe they can be used to fumigate a house in New Orleans' 9th Ward, I guess he'll clean his room.</p><p></p><p><em>(why isn't there a smiley icon for snickering for me to put here?)</em></p><p></p><p>But that's just me. I used to try the "civility and respect no matter what" thing, and all it did was make me more vulnerable to my difficult child's manipulations. Now, I'm still civil and polite, but I don't give an inch. I guess I watched one too many Benny Hill shows. He was truly the master of politely delivering sarcastic wit with a smile on his face. My hero!</p><p></p><p>Oh, wait, this was a thread about YOU and YOUR &lt;mutter&gt; &lt;mutter&gt; &lt;mutter&gt; difficult child. Sorry. Good job there!</p><p></p><p> :wink:</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 45005, member: 3579"] Good job! I would have said something like "it's in the trunk. When you can speak to me in a civil manner, I'll give you the keys and you can go get it". [img]:devil:[/img] My dear, beloved wife just did a similar thing with our little [b]WEED[/b]wacker. He's been told several times to clean his room. No luck there (and no surprise, either). This afternoon, wife calls him and says "no more clean laundry until your room is clean". He then complains that he didn't have any clean boxers, and had to go to school "free and breezy". wife, with a smile on her face, used her best pre-school paraeducator voice and said "Oh my, that's too bad. It really is. What can we do about this?". And then waited. And waited.... What I wouldn't have given to see the expression on his face on the other end of the phone at that moment. When his pants start get so ripe they can be used to fumigate a house in New Orleans' 9th Ward, I guess he'll clean his room. [i](why isn't there a smiley icon for snickering for me to put here?)[/i] But that's just me. I used to try the "civility and respect no matter what" thing, and all it did was make me more vulnerable to my difficult child's manipulations. Now, I'm still civil and polite, but I don't give an inch. I guess I watched one too many Benny Hill shows. He was truly the master of politely delivering sarcastic wit with a smile on his face. My hero! Oh, wait, this was a thread about YOU and YOUR <mutter> <mutter> <mutter> difficult child. Sorry. Good job there! [img]:wink:[/img] Mikey [/QUOTE]
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