You wish! My Mom would quite literally turn such an incident into a 30-minute rant against my irresponsibility and somehow connect my clumsiness with the decline of Western Civilization.
My Dad, on the other hand, would simply say, “I’m disappointed in you, son. You’re going to have to buy another lamp for your mother.”
The difference was that I knew what would make my father happy. Nothing was going to make my mother happy.
You wish! My Mom would quite literally turn such an incident into a 30-minute rant against my irresponsibility and somehow connect my clumsiness with the decline of Western Civilization.
My Dad, on the other hand, would simply say, “I’m disappointed in you, son. You’re going to have to buy another lamp for your mother.”
The difference was that I knew what would make my father happy. Nothing was going to make my mother happy.