And because you told me about it before I found out about it, there was no punishment. That was our deal!
This is a good rule.
I feel that we as humans know we should learn from other's mistakes, but our ego gets in the way to ensure most of us don't. We think we know best or better, and often especially of the ones closest to us. "How can you be an expert in A, when I know you suck at B?"
My wife does the same with me. She won't take advice on something others pay me for, because she knows I leave my dirty clothes on the bathroom floor sometimes.
Good rule...
Yes! But once I said it, I had to keep it. It has been that way since they were little.
They all both hate that rule and love it at the same time. Whenever I see one walking towards me,
their little face all twisted, cheeks red, I know what is coming.
Back story - I was walking with the pictured x-rugrat, heading out for dinner, and I mentioned the tripometer having been reset at the gas station before I last park... "Hey Dad, there is something I wanted to tell you."
It is better to get it upfront. :)
I know. I had him and could have laid into him. But...
What gets me is that I have shared my mistakes and what I learned from them. I could have let them think I was a model kid, but I wanted them to learn from, not copy my mistakes. Did they choose not to learn from them? Would other kids choose to avoid mistakes? I question my choice to share them these days.
We know what you do when your are not at the office.
I usually work from home, so I rarely wear pants ;D