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janradder"We're going to the library!"
(Said to him when he gets off the bus from school.)
Why shouldn't I make such an innocuous statement? Because it means we are going to the library (a place Arie has been asking me to go to for weeks) instead of immediately having snack (which was what he had planned to do). So instead of hearing, "We're going to the library!" he hears, "Hey, please be as obnoxious as humanely possible! And while you're at it, throw in a few threats to me and your brother! Thanks!"
Epilogue:
After yelling, threatening, and otherwise being extremely unpleasant, Arie has made sure that we have not, in fact, gone to the library because I can not trust that his behavior will not continue into the library. Upon returning home and getting the snack he has been demanding for the past ten minutes, Arie walks away leaving it only half eaten.
(Said to him when he gets off the bus from school.)
Why shouldn't I make such an innocuous statement? Because it means we are going to the library (a place Arie has been asking me to go to for weeks) instead of immediately having snack (which was what he had planned to do). So instead of hearing, "We're going to the library!" he hears, "Hey, please be as obnoxious as humanely possible! And while you're at it, throw in a few threats to me and your brother! Thanks!"
Epilogue:
After yelling, threatening, and otherwise being extremely unpleasant, Arie has made sure that we have not, in fact, gone to the library because I can not trust that his behavior will not continue into the library. Upon returning home and getting the snack he has been demanding for the past ten minutes, Arie walks away leaving it only half eaten.
