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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 139019" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>You know, I have to tell you all that I don't appreciate that at all. Firstly, "Grow. A. Spine." comes across as really snotty, and the other person that told me that got a nice note asking them not to. It's not going to become the Witzend catchphrase, thank you very much. I have a spine. I kept the conversation on track with my daughter long enough to get an apology out of her and a promise that she would stop doing the "You always..." thing that ticks me off.</p><p></p><p>If I didn't have a spine, I would never have said anything to her. I came out way on top of this conversation because I got the results I wanted. </p><p></p><p>1) She's not going to spring company on me again.</p><p></p><p>2) She's not going to do things that she knows is going to tick me off and then pull the "you always hold a grudge".</p><p></p><p>3) She said she was sorry and could have handled it better.</p><p></p><p>4) I agreed to not let her get the better of me by making me snappy when she does something stupid, which makes <em>her</em> claims of victimhood <em>appear</em> valid and gives her ammunition for an argument.</p><p></p><p>5) We hung up with a reasonable agreement and "I love you."</p><p></p><p>That doesn't mean that I didn't have a huge argument with my daughter last night and that I am not emotionally drained and tired of being picked upon. So, with all due respect, Knock. It. Off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 139019, member: 99"] You know, I have to tell you all that I don't appreciate that at all. Firstly, "Grow. A. Spine." comes across as really snotty, and the other person that told me that got a nice note asking them not to. It's not going to become the Witzend catchphrase, thank you very much. I have a spine. I kept the conversation on track with my daughter long enough to get an apology out of her and a promise that she would stop doing the "You always..." thing that ticks me off. If I didn't have a spine, I would never have said anything to her. I came out way on top of this conversation because I got the results I wanted. 1) She's not going to spring company on me again. 2) She's not going to do things that she knows is going to tick me off and then pull the "you always hold a grudge". 3) She said she was sorry and could have handled it better. 4) I agreed to not let her get the better of me by making me snappy when she does something stupid, which makes [I]her[/I] claims of victimhood [I]appear[/I] valid and gives her ammunition for an argument. 5) We hung up with a reasonable agreement and "I love you." That doesn't mean that I didn't have a huge argument with my daughter last night and that I am not emotionally drained and tired of being picked upon. So, with all due respect, Knock. It. Off. [/QUOTE]
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