People. I hate them.
I don't get it. I'll never get it. It's something that parents do to their kids that just never ever made any kind of sense.
Parent: Honey, I have to go to the grocery store. Get ready.
Child: I don't want to go! Let me stay here and sleep (etc)
Parent: Get ready now and don't make me count to three!!
Child: [complaining and arguing]
Parent: You've got 5 minutes to get ready or you're grounded. (etc)
Child: [gets ready despite own wishes]
(At the store)
Child: I'm miserable. I hate this. I hate everything (etc)
Parent: Stop yelling!
Child: Why'd you make me come with you?!
Parent: Because I'm your parent and you do what I say!
Child: [complaining and arguing, now in PUBLIC]
Parent: [embarrassed at child screaming]
You'd think the lesson learned would be to lock the child in their bedroom and make it a peaceful trip to the grocery store! No. People are fucking thick and selfish and would rather take the 'my way' route than the practical one.
But hey, I don't have children... Who am I to say?
I'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH THOSE FUCKERS SCREAMING THEIR HEADS OFF IN THE STORES WHEN I'M TRYING TO BUY SOME GODDAMNED TYLENOL TO BEGIN WITH!
-sigh- And I wish it ended with childhood. Some parent figures never really shake that control off, even when their children or extended children become adults. These are the same people who put their feet down for outlandish traditional values while the rest of the world MOVES THE FUCK ON. These are the people that are determined to drive the same old cars because they're 'good cars' despite their 9mpg rating and missing bumpers. These are the people that don't value their actual family, but that value the control they have over the members of their family when they host reunions. They pride themselves on sending god-bound children out to cover tables and cut vegetables, despite their runny noses and tear-stained cheeks. They destroy the social lives of their children by setting ridiculous bounds and slapping curfews on LEGAL 21+ ADULTS because a part of their own childhood was pissed on.
When these people die, the world will be better off.
That parent could have done a million other things besides saying 'my way and no other'...
Child: I don't want to go!
Parent: But honey, if I leave you here you'll be all alone! What if a thief breaks in and kidnaps you?
Child: [gently] But I really don't want to go, not this time... I'm tired...
Parent: ... Bring a pillow and blanket and you can sleep in the car while I get the groceries. (OR) Did you want me to call the neighbor girl over to watch the house while I'm gone?
Child: Ok!
I'm no master of negotiation, but I DO know that this isn't a foreign concept.
Parent: Honey, I have to go to the grocery store. Get ready.
Child: I don't want to go! Let me stay here and sleep (etc)
Parent: Get ready now and don't make me count to three!!
Child: [complaining and arguing]
Parent: You've got 5 minutes to get ready or you're grounded. (etc)
Child: [gets ready despite own wishes]
(At the store)
Child: I'm miserable. I hate this. I hate everything (etc)
Parent: Stop yelling!
Child: Why'd you make me come with you?!
Parent: Because I'm your parent and you do what I say!
Child: [complaining and arguing, now in PUBLIC]
Parent: [embarrassed at child screaming]
You'd think the lesson learned would be to lock the child in their bedroom and make it a peaceful trip to the grocery store! No. People are fucking thick and selfish and would rather take the 'my way' route than the practical one.
But hey, I don't have children... Who am I to say?
I'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH THOSE FUCKERS SCREAMING THEIR HEADS OFF IN THE STORES WHEN I'M TRYING TO BUY SOME GODDAMNED TYLENOL TO BEGIN WITH!
-sigh- And I wish it ended with childhood. Some parent figures never really shake that control off, even when their children or extended children become adults. These are the same people who put their feet down for outlandish traditional values while the rest of the world MOVES THE FUCK ON. These are the people that are determined to drive the same old cars because they're 'good cars' despite their 9mpg rating and missing bumpers. These are the people that don't value their actual family, but that value the control they have over the members of their family when they host reunions. They pride themselves on sending god-bound children out to cover tables and cut vegetables, despite their runny noses and tear-stained cheeks. They destroy the social lives of their children by setting ridiculous bounds and slapping curfews on LEGAL 21+ ADULTS because a part of their own childhood was pissed on.
When these people die, the world will be better off.
That parent could have done a million other things besides saying 'my way and no other'...
Child: I don't want to go!
Parent: But honey, if I leave you here you'll be all alone! What if a thief breaks in and kidnaps you?
Child: [gently] But I really don't want to go, not this time... I'm tired...
Parent: ... Bring a pillow and blanket and you can sleep in the car while I get the groceries. (OR) Did you want me to call the neighbor girl over to watch the house while I'm gone?
Child: Ok!
I'm no master of negotiation, but I DO know that this isn't a foreign concept.
posted by Elliya at 4:14 PM
Where the music is trapped. 
1 Comments:
You know what's REALLY ironic about this? I'm going to be 20 this year, my girlfriend turns 21 in 6 days, and my aunt is trying to make me have a curfew! This post couldn't have been timed better, I honestly lol'ed, it was good times.
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