The Art of "We'll See"

"My mom lies to me."

This is my daughter's work of art to depict her perspective on me not allowing her to have a friend over for a play date.

My biggest mistake was the day before when she first asked me if her pal Abby could come over...I was busy so I just quickly nodded and said, "yes, yes probably, WE'LL SEE."

Then, the next day, at almost 5:00 pm, she asked me when Abby could come over.

I said no. She freaked out.

I tried to explain how I had forgotten about it and how late it was, and how "probably" doesn't always mean "yes."

She then sat down at the table and started drawing. I figured, cool, she's calmed down...and then she hands me this masterpiece...

There was a second masterpiece she later ripped to shreds that I can't feature on here. She wrote, "my mom lies" over and over on the front and back of a piece of paper the way a teacher makes a kid write lines. It was impressive.

She ripped it up when she came to me later to apologize. She had been saving it, but wanted to show me that she was ripping it up because she wasn't mad at me anymore.

Lesson: I really need to be more careful and certainly more specific when she asks me questions. I need to avoid that go to "we'll see" too because I can remember how frustrating that was when my mom would give me that response.

WE'LL SEE might as well mean PLEASE HOLD, ALL OPERATORS ARE CURRENTLY ASSISTING OTHER CUSTOMERS.