Demands of a Two Year Old
2YO: “Daddy?”
2YO: “Daddy?”
Dad: “What, son?”
2YO: “Daddy?”
Dad: “What?”
2YO: “Help me, Daddy. Get game down.” [Game is in closet higher than boy can reach.]
Dad: “Just a minute. I’ve got to finish putting the dishes up.”
2YO: “Help me, Daddy. Get game down.”
2YO: “Help me, Daddy.”
2YO: “Help me, Daddy.”
Dad: “OK, I will, just a minute. I’m busy right now.”
2YO: “Please.”
Dad: “Thank you for being polite, but I’m busy right now.”
2YO: “Get game down, Daddy.”
2YO: “Help me, Daddy.”
Dad: “Son, son, just hold on, OK?”
2YO: “Alright.”
2YO: “. . .” [About 3 seconds.]
2YO: “Daddy?”
2YO: “Daddy?”
2YO: “Daddy.”
2YO: “Daddy.”
2YO: “Daddy.”
2YO: “Daddy. Daddy. Daddy. Daddy. Daddy.”
Dad: “WHAT!?”
2YO: “Get game down.”
Dad: “Look, I have to put these dishes up, first. I’ll get your game down in a minute. Play with your puzzles or trucks.”
2YO: “Alright.”
2YO: “Daddy?”
2YO: “Daddy?”
2YO: “Daddy.”
Dad: “OK, I’m done. I’ll get the game down for you.”
2YO: “Alright.”
[Dad gets game down from closet.]
2YO: “Daddy?”
Dad: “Yes?”
2YO: “Imungy.”
Dad: “What?”
2YO: “Daddy?”
Dad: “What, son? I got the game down for you.”
2YO: “I’m hungry.”
Bullgrit
bullgrit@totalbullgrit.com
