“The act of doing that would have been very disgraceful to me.”
Whenever Mom took Sis & I with her to the store, before we went in she’d say, “I have ‘this’ much money and we are getting This, This and This. I’m NOT buying you anything, so don’t even bother to ask!”
And it never occurred to us to question her!
Of course, Grandma was a softie; she’d buy us anything we wanted, as is the God-Given RIGHT of ANY Grandma, LOL! :)
I hope this kid is OK and there is a valid explanation...
I used to tell my kids that they couldn’t whine and ask for everything their hearts desired. I told them to act like they’d actually been out in public before.
Once we went to McDonalds and I told the kids they could each get 3 items from the dollar menu as I was tight on money.
So, my daughter proceeds to order some sort of chicken sandwich meal for about $7. She had the gall to say “It’s OK Dad” when I began to protest.
She got her sandwich but also got a large piece of my mind when we got back in the car. It was also quite a while before I took her out to eat again.