House of Havoc Rules to Abide By (Personal, Not Blog)
1. If you make an obscure reference, suck it up and explain it, buttercup. That's right, you can be too clever for your own good. That got put into play when the kidlet started asking what obscure reference Mr. Havoc was bringing up this time, because I got tired of explaining his obscure references and I didn't always get them either, and I got tired of Mr. Havoc saying, "You don't get that? Really? You don't?" Mr. Havoc likes some pop culture references from at least two generations before my birth, and he and I aren't that far apart in age.
2. You can only repeat yourself three times. That's it, no more. Which started being a rule when the kidlet would repeat things at least a dozen times, and then he was told he got only three more times, and he was done with that item and had to move onto the next thing to repeat. Or we would only read a book read three times (in one day), or watch a movie three times (you get my drift). Because we had a toddler back then and if you have/know kids or other people who find repetition comforting, but not everyone does, you have to find some kind of compromise.
3. Take the fucking compliment. No, really, shut up and take the fucking compliment. Stop explaining it away. (Do I need to explain this one?)
4. You have to try at least three bites of whatever I goddamn make for dinner, that is all. They don't have to be large bites. They have to contain all the ingredients of what was made for dinner. They don't have to contain large amounts of what I make for dinner. You can sauce them, or chill them, or have a large glass of milk with each bite. I don't care. You can tell me exhaustively what you hate about each one! (Honestly, that would be fine, that's called feedback, and I would prefer it.) Then you can go and make yourself a sandwich or find a leftover you like, and eat a full meal out of that. Please. But you just have to try a little bit of everything.
5. If you are angry or depressed, talk it the fuck out, and don't go to bed feeling that way. Subrule: If you're angry or depressed because you need to eat, get some food in you.
6. When the debates start turning into arguments, take a deep breath and back it off from the anger, because at least half the time, you're agreeing, but coming at it from two different angles. And when you're not, find some goddamn common ground anyway. This entry has been cross-posted to Dreamwidth (
comments). Comments are welcome on either post.
2. You can only repeat yourself three times. That's it, no more. Which started being a rule when the kidlet would repeat things at least a dozen times, and then he was told he got only three more times, and he was done with that item and had to move onto the next thing to repeat. Or we would only read a book read three times (in one day), or watch a movie three times (you get my drift). Because we had a toddler back then and if you have/know kids or other people who find repetition comforting, but not everyone does, you have to find some kind of compromise.
3. Take the fucking compliment. No, really, shut up and take the fucking compliment. Stop explaining it away. (Do I need to explain this one?)
4. You have to try at least three bites of whatever I goddamn make for dinner, that is all. They don't have to be large bites. They have to contain all the ingredients of what was made for dinner. They don't have to contain large amounts of what I make for dinner. You can sauce them, or chill them, or have a large glass of milk with each bite. I don't care. You can tell me exhaustively what you hate about each one! (Honestly, that would be fine, that's called feedback, and I would prefer it.) Then you can go and make yourself a sandwich or find a leftover you like, and eat a full meal out of that. Please. But you just have to try a little bit of everything.
5. If you are angry or depressed, talk it the fuck out, and don't go to bed feeling that way. Subrule: If you're angry or depressed because you need to eat, get some food in you.
6. When the debates start turning into arguments, take a deep breath and back it off from the anger, because at least half the time, you're agreeing, but coming at it from two different angles. And when you're not, find some goddamn common ground anyway. This entry has been cross-posted to Dreamwidth (
comments). Comments are welcome on either post.