The Wife took TV privileges away from the boy for tomorrow because he was being unnecessarily belligerent. Something about his sister’s toothbrush being left in the sink started it all off. Speaking of whom, she lost her Saturday morning cartoon privileges earlier this week because of, wait for it, excessive belligerence.
She comes home from school and wants lunch. But not just any lunch, she wants the lunch that she’s been dreaming about all her life. The one that will complete her childhood and make all of her dreams come true.
That’s right, she wanted hot dogs.
Amusingly, once the sentence was handed down, they both tried the exact same counter-strategy: blackmail.
Tonight, the boy told us that if he wasn’t allowed to watch cartoons tomorrow then he wasn’t going to go so soccer. Three guesses how that one turns out. First two don’t count.
After the lass had her go around earlier this week, she threatened not to eat. Or something like that. Regardless, her ultimatum worked as well as the boy’s will tomorrow.
They still haven’t quite got something they can leverage. But sooner or later, they will.
In the meantime, what the hell crawled up their craw this week? Yeesh.
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“…. THE BEATINGS WILL CONTINUE ….”