That's.... uh... I'm... I'm stunned.I used to carry around in my wallet a list that my parents made of reasons I was a terrible son. They were nice enough to print it so they could fit a lot of reasons on only one sheet of paper.
Mine would probably be a tiny pair of handcuffs, attached to my keychain. They actually work as handcuffs, but they're only big enough to cuff fingers. So they're fingercuffs, I suppose.[/QUOTE]
As a young lad I was depressed and so my behavior reflected that depression. My parents, in their infinite wisdom, decided that the best way to improve my behavior was to tell me everything I was doing wrong, in a written format.
In its own way, I suppose it worked. Instead of hating myself and my life, I ended up hating them for doing that. Then again, I was an angsty teenager so take that as you will.
It was probably the only 'big mistake' my parents made from my perspective. I do think the world of them.