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Barack Obama

grantcart

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5. Here was my successful strategy:

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Thu Apr 25, 2013, 01:07 PM

Apr 2013

When my 16 year old daughter wanted to get a tattoo I undermined all of her prepared arguments by immediately saying

"Yes"

But two conditions.

First you don't want to go to some place and get Hepatitis so I want you to visit all of the Tattoo places and pick two of the cleanest so I can go check them out.

Then you don't want to get a tattoo and then change your mind later on. So you give me a drawing of the tattoo you want and if 6 months later you still want it I will take you and pay for it my self.

Of course by adding these time consuming steps, nothing was ever done.

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If the Obama daughters get a tattoo... [View all] Initech Apr 2013 OP

What a way to pre-emptively make "The Cool" uncool! nt MADem Apr 2013 #1

Funny, I can see them doing just that, too Warpy Apr 2013 #2

My son started pleading for a tatoo when he was 14.. pipoman Apr 2013 #3

That was a really great response. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2013 #4

Here was my successful strategy: grantcart Apr 2013 #5

You took the impetuousness all out of it! Cha Apr 2013 #6

Brilliant. Thanks so much! SunSeeker Apr 2013 #8

What a sense of humor that guy Cha Apr 2013 #7

what a perfect way to deal with that situation. Whisp Apr 2013 #9

Not only is he a fantastic president... Isoldeblue Apr 2013 #10