Every time I go shopping with Mom, we encounter a child having a tantrum, whining, bawling, disrupting.
Mom always says some variant of:
You never did that.
You never would have.
You never did that even at home.
Now I find myself hoping that she will always remember this and return the favor. :D
That said, I find the writer, on the eve of matrimony, uncommonly sour on one of life’s greatest blessings.
We never did that as kids because we would have got our butts busted if we did. Come on admit it! These kids don’t know the meaning of the word.