Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for October 04, 2009

The wine gets older, “why can’t I have a new car/dishwasher/fur coat/diamond ring. Later I know I’ll hear, “Why can’t you donate your body to science and save the cost of a funeral.

How about “Moooommm! She’s not sharing!” or “Moooommm, I really need this toy!”

I hope they serve cheese with their whine:-D

Don’t forget the ever popular “I don’t wanna get up for school.” and “why do I hafta clean my room? Its my room.”.

“If I can just have this_ I will never ask for anything again.” I loved that one. Used to remind my son when he would inevitably ask for something else.

And the classic dry taste of “He / she’s LOOKING at me!”

“Why do I hafta clean my room? Its my room.”

I don’t think I’ve EVER heard a satisfactory answer to that question.

And no, “Because I said so” is not a satisfactory answer to ANY question. Not when I was a kid, not now.

I always said, “Because it’s not YOUR room. It’s MY house, & I’m just letting you live in that room, so you will live by my rules.”

“Mo-ommm! She’s 3.17 millimeters on MY side of the back seat!”

Fritzoid, it is good to know I am not the only person who feels that way !

I always told my kids have a treasure hunt in your room by cleaning it you might be surprise by what you find. They both made a game of it and got it done. Lots of trash. No whine now there unemployed adults. Not very many jobs here either a lot of out-of-workers looking.