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(My feet hurt so freaking bad.)
(Yes, I just got home)
Big Daddy just asked me to put some of My Kid's clothes in the wash. He said, "I can put them in the dryer, but he won't let me wash them b/c he thinks I'll mess them up."
So I tell My Kid to bring me whatever he needs washed - jeans, boxers, whatev. And I make him come downstairs and in my I've-been-way-too-easy-on-you-kids voice -- which was always the MOST HATED lecture of my youth -- I say, "A 14-year-old boy should know how to wash his own clothes."
And he says, "I know how. I just don't like to."
In which case, I suppose I should THANK YOU then for saving it for me to do! Because god knows, there is NOTHING I LIKE TO DO BETTER THAN YOUR LAUNDRY.
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I got something similar with homework.
"Shortman, you know how to do this, why are you asking for help?" (This, after he wrote some javascript code for his webdesign class that he said he needed help with.)
"I know I know how to do it without help, I just choose not to."
Ack.
My 17 year old will look me in the eye and swear she doesn't know how to do something that I totally know she knows how to do, and then when I raise my eyebrow at her, sigh in defeat and run off and do it.
The thing is, how does she in her wee addled mind justify the lie in the first place? Does she think "I" have a wee addled mind??
In their wee addled minds? The only voice they hear is the one of self entitlement. But that's OK, because the GRATITUDE? makes it SO worthwile.
Oh boy - between shortman and The Kid, not good.
How did your event go??
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