So, it has come to this

[marydell]

Me: Ok, honey, say bye-bye, I have to go to work.
Charlie: I come with you? I come too, Mommy.
Me: sorry, I can't drive you today or I'll be late. Daddy's going to take you to school.
Charlie: No, Mommy, I come with you!
Me: Tomorrow, honey, not today. I have a meeting, I can't be late. Say bye-bye.
Charlie: No! No say bye bye! I come with you! (*makes incipient-tantrum face*)
Me: (noticing loose money in my coat pocket) ...How about if I give you this dollar?
Charlie: Okay!
Me: *gives him a dollar*
Charlie: Bye bye, Mommy!

Comments

[cpolk.livejournal.com]

I laughed

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Heh. I wonder, though, if it would have made much difference what the unit of exchange was, as long as you gave him something in exchange for swallowing his disappointment...

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

This!