This kid of mine is a negotiator. She tries to cut deals all the time regarding picking up her room, doing her chores, what time she has to go to bed. She'll offer us a piece of her Halloween candy if she can have 2 pieces. That or she'll pick one piece to 'share' with us and one piece for her to eat. Which is to say, we get a bite of the one she's sharing and she'll finish it, as well as eating her own piece.
She'll negotiate her way out of going to bed on time, "I'll clean up my dirty clothes tomorrow if I can stay up and watch this show today." Granted, she offers terrible deals to me and her daddy, but to her they sound great.
If I make a mistake in my wording of instructions, she'll kill me on the details.
Last night was such a night, and I said to her she should be an attorney.
E: What's that?
Daddy: a lawyer.
E: Why would I be a lawyer?
Me: You like to make deals and to argue.
E: I'm not sure I want to be a lawyer.
Me: She can't be a lawyer, because. ..
E: I don't really like the "laws."
Me: I was going to say because it's hard work and you don't like to work hard.
E: I can work hard, I just don't like to. Plus, I said I don't like the "laws."
(yes, she made air quotes around the word "laws")
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