Re: Pet Peeve #5 by my own mom
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Originally Posted by Tasmanian Saint
Then how does an authority say something when it *is* optional? Surely it happens sometimes...?
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My parents would have plainly said that it was optional or "only if you want to". They wouldn't have asked if it were a command, either, so there wasn't a chance for confusion.
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DS (12), DD (10), DD2 (7)
And my kids were going to behave perfectly all the time and if they didn't, they'd be Dobsoned, but I was going to Dobson so perfectly that they'd know not to slip up but once or twice because I was going to be sooooooo consistent and awesome and wise.
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