http://www.perpetualtomorrow.com/2008/08/10/rewarding-children-for-expected-behavior/ Living, loving and writing about life as I see it... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:02:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.perpetualtomorrow.com/2008/08/10/rewarding-children-for-expected-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-53 DundeeGirl Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:21:16 +0000 http://www.perpetualtomorrow.com/?p=85#comment-53 Hey, I well and truly sympathise with you! I won't name anybody specifically, but Matthew (oops!) was the same. At one time I offered him $20 to take out the garbage and empty the dishwasher in under 3 hours, but I was safe, cause it STILL didn't happen! OK, it did finally happen, but only after much wailing and crying. Afterwards, Matthew said he would pay me money to not have me do that anymore... Now, he is in his own place and judging by the HUGE wicker basket full of shoes at his front door, I think we are expected to remove our shoes as we enter. HAH! I just slope right in.. bringing whatever debris my shoes have gathered on the way. What's that smell? Anyhoo, it will very likely change, but not likely until after he is paying his own rent and bills. Hey,
I well and truly sympathise with you! I won’t name anybody specifically, but Matthew (oops!) was the same.
At one time I offered him $20 to take out the garbage and empty the dishwasher in under 3 hours, but I was safe, cause it STILL didn’t happen!
OK, it did finally happen, but only after much wailing and crying. Afterwards, Matthew said he would pay me money to not have me do that anymore…
Now, he is in his own place and judging by the HUGE wicker basket full of shoes at his front door, I think we are expected to remove our shoes as we enter. HAH! I just slope right in.. bringing whatever debris my shoes have gathered on the way. What’s that smell?
Anyhoo, it will very likely change, but not likely until after he is paying his own rent and bills.

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