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.”