My mother was telling me about something her mother used to say to her and her siblings when they would misbehave. If they were acting up in any way possible, she would say, "You just wait 'till your father gets home!"
That was supposed to scare them? If I was told that, I'd be like, "Why, is he bringing me a gift?"
"Yes, he's got 100 dollars for you, and you'd better just wait for him to get home!"
"Sweet!"
Like, that's supposed to scare them. Let me tell you a little something, alright. Dads are the only family members who will go to hell. No questions about it, because just about every friend I have, or ever HAVE had, their dads....F*CKED THEM UP. Their dads were brutal assholes, and quite frankly weren't shy about it. If moms really wanted to scare their kids, they should be like:
"You wait 'till your father gets home 'cause he's gonna beat you with a steel pipe!"
THAT would scare a kid.
But to just say "Wait 'till your father gets home" gives 'em the impression that maybe because they misbehaved, they're getting a pony. Besides, you beat the hell out of your son as a father, your son grows up to beat women and you just go, "Where did you LEARN that kind of behavior!?" Because anytime something bad happens with a kid, the parents HAD NOTHIN' TO DO WITH THAT. But if the kid wins a pulitzer prize, oh yeah, they want their kid to thank them for all the "encouraging beatings".
"If my father hadn't motivated me with a golf club to the skull a few times a week, I wouldn't be here right now accepting this award. Thanks dad, thanks for beating the sh*t outta me!"
My dad (step and real) lost all their privileges to know anything about what goes on in my life. What I'm getting at is dads are horrible people, and mothers need new idle threats. And why don't they use this term on other people? I've never once seen a lawyer telling the guy he's attacking, "You just wait 'till the judge gets here!"
I don't get people.
m@rk
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