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One of the most annoying things, hands down, about being a parent of a small child:
Tell said-child, "I'm going to go get a shower/go to the bathroom/etc" - you know, something that adults like to do alone, with the door closed.
"Ok," says said-child, playing happily and distractedly.
"I'll be back in a little bit, ok?"
"Ok," sings said-child.
So you slink off to your alone-place, close the door, and start to do your thing, only to hear a high-pitched yet distant voice yelling your name - repeatedly. Urgently. With increasing violence.
Finish your business quickly (without any sense of satisfaction), return to said-child.
"WHAT?!? What is it? What's so important?"
To which said-child will reply, inevitably, with something of no urgency whatsoever.
"I said, 'hurry back, Mom!"
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Tell said-child, "I'm going to go get a shower/go to the bathroom/etc" - you know, something that adults like to do alone, with the door closed.
"Ok," says said-child, playing happily and distractedly.
"I'll be back in a little bit, ok?"
"Ok," sings said-child.
So you slink off to your alone-place, close the door, and start to do your thing, only to hear a high-pitched yet distant voice yelling your name - repeatedly. Urgently. With increasing violence.
Finish your business quickly (without any sense of satisfaction), return to said-child.
"WHAT?!? What is it? What's so important?"
To which said-child will reply, inevitably, with something of no urgency whatsoever.
"I said, 'hurry back, Mom!"
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