From Today- Hot Off Their Lips!

M: My new French teacher is not strict but she means business.
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Me: Should you show them dangerous stuff?
J: No, not at this age.
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M on a roll: 95% of my meltdowns are caused by J annoying me...

It is unrealistic that I can control myself all of the time when J is annoying me...

Everybody in this family knows when I am going to have a meltdown, even J. I know he is not going to do this because he is him, but it would be nice if he stopped bothering me when he knows that I am about to have a meltdown.

J's answer: There are some good times and there are some bad times.
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Me to J outside his classroom (his second time there): Should I go in with you?  (the room was full of parents)
J: Why don't you  not?  (dagger to the heart)
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J: If you think about it, I am almost fourteen.
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J when I told him we did not have room for a play car (for him to drive): Can we buy a vacation house with a garage?
M: You are insane. we are trying to save up to move.