So here's how the conversation went:
Me: Finley, you need to say yes ma'am.
Finn: silence...
Me: Finley, you need to say yes ma'am.
Finn: silence with rolled eyes.
Me: Finley, you need to say yes ma'am rigHT NOWWW!!
Finn: Why?
Me: Because you need to show respect. I am your elder and your mommy, so you will show me respect.
Finn: {under mumbled breath} I only respect daddy.
Me:......stunned silence........then anger.......then sadness.
Me: Finley, God tells us to honor our MOMS and dads. It is one of the Ten Commandments...so, it's kind of a BIGGIE!!!!
Finn:.......nothing.
Me: God will teach you to respect me Finley...one way or another {can you hear the ominous...dun, dun, dun?}.
And that's how it ended.
He doesn't get it, but hopefully, with time, he will. I have never questioned Aidan's respect towards me...his nature is to be loving, pleasing and honoring. But then came Finley...a barrel of crazy, unrestrained monkeys!! I dunno!!
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Ashley
"He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.”
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Persian quotes
Not sure about you, but I think that the Persians may have heard of the Great Defiant One otherwise known as Finley Patrick!