Yeah, you know what would have been even funnier? The beating she would have given me for being a smart ass. Man that would've been sooooooo funny.
The counting thing to get your kids to behave. When I hear it I start grinding my teeth. What an intelligent solution! (oops, sorry if other folks love doing that!) Another thing that always ticked me off (and still does) is "Wait until YOU have kids, THEN you'll understand." Then, after we had them (started our family VERY late!) it's "Wait until your kids are THIS age, THEN you'll understand." This is from very close friends that have no clue (IMHO) about how to raise their children... except let them get away with murder, undercut whichever parent tries to discipline them, favor one and then another, and... worst of all... being inconsistent! (and wonder now why they're going through hell with them.) Hey, that felt good! Our kids are great, btw. We do the opposite of those things I mentioned.
When we discipline our 2 1/2 YO now, she replies... "You disappoint me!" It is hilarious. We don't know where she heard it.
There is nothing more I hate than when I hear people count down from X number to get their kids to do something. I'm glad my parents never did this. I think only the most pathetic excuses for parents would ever even consider going 'stop! 5...4..3..2...1." This drives me nuts because most of the time its people who have kids that are real punks that wont stop until they get down to 1. Teach your kids to do what you want them to do when you say it and you won't have to put yourself and the rest of us through the pain of listening to you countdown really slow like a moron.
"Mom can I go to the movies? Jimmy is going and his mom said okay." "If Jimmy jumped off a bridge would you do that too?"
