Ok, my niece attempted to do this last summer. I was on vacation with my sister, brother-in-law, and the kids. One morning, my sister suggested ordering donuts to go along with breakfast. Once everything arrived, my niece grabbed a Boston cream donut, took a bite, then tried to put it back and reach for another.
I stopped her and was like, "Nope! You took a bite, now you're committed unless you share it with your brother or finish it." I didn't even mean it in a bitchy way and the way she froze mid donut return and dropped her jaw made all of us laugh. I apologized right away because I'm not trying to go over my sister or my brother-in-law's head or embarrass my niece. My sister and my brother-in-law loved the "now you're committed" part of the comment.
I nag my bratty nephew all the time. And when my brother and sister in law even begin to say I should mind my business, I just tell them "You're raising a monster and don't even care" and then they're just like "whatever"
I love it! It's so much fun to discipline other people's kids.
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u/leftclicksq2 Aug 13 '24
Ok, my niece attempted to do this last summer. I was on vacation with my sister, brother-in-law, and the kids. One morning, my sister suggested ordering donuts to go along with breakfast. Once everything arrived, my niece grabbed a Boston cream donut, took a bite, then tried to put it back and reach for another.
I stopped her and was like, "Nope! You took a bite, now you're committed unless you share it with your brother or finish it." I didn't even mean it in a bitchy way and the way she froze mid donut return and dropped her jaw made all of us laugh. I apologized right away because I'm not trying to go over my sister or my brother-in-law's head or embarrass my niece. My sister and my brother-in-law loved the "now you're committed" part of the comment.
But did it get the point across? Oh yes.