Xavier: “Can I get a laser tag set for Christmas?”
Me: “No way; no good can come from that.”
Xavier: “Come on! It’s just lasers! Nothing bad has ever come from lasers!”
Me: “I’m not about to enter into that debate right now, which, by the way, you wouldn’t win, but I will say that you are not getting a laser tag set.”
Xavier: “Mommmm!”
Me: Are you under the impression that nagging is going to work here? That might work with your grandma, but it doesn’t work with me. Do I look like grandma to you?”
Xavier: (pause) “I refuse to answer that question.”
Hilarious!
🙂
I assume you were referring to his maternal grandmother. If he said she looked like your sister, that would have been a compliment not an insult, right?
Yes, but not as much a compliment as saying that I looked like his brother’s cousin’s roommate. 😉
smart boy. knows when to quit.
I’m assuming he also likes being able to sit without wincing. 🙂
“Nothing bad has ever come from lasers,” ha!
Boys love a good laser. *sigh*
🙂
smart kid!
He apparently mentally calculated the timeout, and new it would be epic. 🙂
Knew!!! KNEW!!! Last time I ever respond at 5am, in bed, on my phone. *sigh*
My kid would know to ask his dad. Dad would so get him a laser tag set. However, he would ask me first, so that when his father overrules my decision he can sneer haughtily at me. ~sigh~ I’m terrified that I am raising a politician.
Worse…a lobbyist. *shudder* 🙂
Just keep your kid away from my daughter. She’ll be a supreme court justice, what with all the practice she’s gotten arguing with righteous indignation. I’d hate for them to enter into a Clarence and Virginia Thomas marriage. They’d be diabolical.
Politely explain to the young man that there is no such thing as pleading the 5th to your moms or a womans inquiry…. A resounding No, and a hug would have been the correct response.
(Setting up the perfect time to ask for an allowance!)
Oops, did I just type that?
😉
I’m almost certain that he’s already discovered that looking on top of the washing machine, after I’ve done my laundry, to scoop up the cash removed from pockets, is a WAAAAAY more consistent flow of cash than allowance. 🙂
LoL.
I used to look in also, cause sometimes I’d find bills!
‘Do I look like grandma to you?’ Hilarious!
If I didn’t love him, I’d kick his ass. lol