I already have, thanks to that excellent grapevine news feed that is Facebook.
Apparently, a guy (Possibly the bloke I saw covered in blood?) went to a house (most likely the one I mentioned) because he was owed money and was stabbed. One of the posters said she was consoling "The girlfriend" but didn't make it clear whose girlfriend or which house it was. I dunno, what's the world coming too?
Nobody knows what it will become 🤷♀️ looking back on how it has been 30 years ago, why did it change altough we lived so very well?
Because nobody says "NO!" anymore.
Now, I won't get into listing things because that will bring out all the 'Cause' zealots. But once you stop allowing a clip round the ear, for example, the only lesson that teaches us is that we can do what we like, and all that'll happen is someone will sit us down for a grown-up talk in some sickly nicey nicey voice.
A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I were at a play park with our 2-year-old grandson. Another two-year-old boy pushed him over because he was on a slide that this bully believed was his. The wife picked our grandson up, and he was fine; he carried on playing when, low and behold, the little shit reappeared, made a beeline for our grandson, and pushed him over again. The mother turned up and, in a sickly, sweet, smooth voice, said, "That's not very nice, is it?"
Who in their right mind thinks they can debate with a 2-year-old child? Voice tone is one of the primal communication tools we have. When we have done good, we're praised in a nice, warm, affectionate tone. We're told in a loud, stern voice when we're naughty! So telling a 2-year-old in a nice warm voice, "That's not very nice, is it?" all the child knows is ", Ooh, I've been a good boy; that's the same voice mum uses when I haven't pooped my nappy."
"NO!" needs to be said more. 😀
Here endith the lesson.
This makes sense, yes. Wow 2 years. Time flies, it seems like 1 year you told us about his birth
We are very naughty grandparents. We have taught him to say "Nanny" in a very nice, sweet voice and "GRANDAD!" in a sort of telling-off voice, mainly because I'm always being told off. 🤣
But that's not the funniest part; he's saying "GRANDAD!" at his other grandparent's house, and they're confused as hell why. Bwhahaha
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