Friday, May 3, 2013

Breaking Even


Emily:  I hope you like your Christmas present.

Me:  Em, I told you not to get me a present.  You can make me something.  Your poems are awesome!

Emily:  Don’t worry Dad paid for it.  Actually, why don’t you not give me my November and December allowance and we’ll call it good.

Something about this just doesn’t seem right.  In the first scenario I was actually paying for my own present, which is what we all do anyway, and in the second scenario I think I would feel better if I handed her the allowance and she walked over and bought me a present, even if I was standing outside the store waiting for her.  I know, it doesn’t make sense, but I don’t make sense all the time.  I get a lot of quizzical looks from the family.

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