“Mom! Mom! We need another ______!”
“Cathy, we already talked about this and decided against it.”
“But the one we have is too small! And it’s old!”
“That one works just fine.”
“But it’s too far away! I have to walk all the way upstairs to use it!”
“Twelve steps is not a long way to go. And there usually isn’t a lineup.”
“But I can get a great deal on one over on the north side!”
“Our expenses go up every year and we need our money for other things. If we buy another _____, we'll have to pay more every year just to run it. You can spend your own money on whatever you want when you move out in 2021.”
“Well, I’m going to buy it anyways!”
"Sweetheart, why won’t you take no for an answer?”
Brenda Randall, St. Albert
