Mom: "Ryan, please go help pick up the playroom."
Ryan:"But I didn't make that mess..." he's interrupted...
Mom: "Ryan, I clean up messes that I don't make EVERYDAY! Now, please go clean!"
I hate cleaning up messes that I don't make, so why do I lack empathy for my children in this situation? I guess I'm feeling a little guilty, but not too guilty to call him back up here to tell him that he doesn't have to clean. I guess I wouldn't want to cheat him of one of the realities of life...Sometimes life stinks!
He's smellin' something stinky!
3 comments:
Oh the joys of motherhood. I get the same thing constantly at my house. My favorite response now is "I don't wear your stinky underwear everyday, but I always wash it." It seems to work, for now anyway:)
hey, i clean up messes i don't make too!!! (and i use that EXACT SAME LINE when I'm talking to Justin.) :)
These are his first lessons in the law of sacrifice and the law of consecration!
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