"Ok, that's enough. You can stop now." I said.
And then my glass over flowed and I got ticked!
"But you didn't say 'when'!" He explained, after I screamed at him as only a little sister can do.
In other words, I didn't use the magic combination of words that would actually make him stop pouring. I said I had enough. He could stop. I gave all the clues that my glass was full enough. But I failed to use the one that actually meant stop to him.
Yes, it was a trick we played on each other as children, and we'd probably still do it today. But I can't help but wonder if that's how some people live their lives as adults. Have some people never outgrown this childish behavior? If you didn't say it just the way I wanted you to, you didn't really mean it, so I can keep bugging you? So, if you ask them to stop interfering in your life, and they continue even after you ask them to leave you alone, what's the magic word? Hopefully there's a kinder, gentler one than "restraining order."
So I'm putting it out there - for those who've been trying to complicate my life and my relationships lately. Stop. I've had enough. When.
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