Declarative Statements to Avoided
What was it Maya Angelou said? "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." "Anything that takes you away from me is bad." Declared early on and often. "I'm not interested in hearing you complain about work." "I don't like him. He makes you laugh." I began to be divested of my friends of the male gender simply because they made him jealous of their talents and charm. "Can't you ask your father for help?", avoiding financial chaos post-separation. Tell you what, Peaches: You can call him. Good luck because I know what he is going to say better than you do, just like when you pushed for a goddamn house. And then there was this: "I am not going to come to help you unless you sound like you need help" He was sitting in a recliner, in the next room, watching telly. Later amended to: "I am not going to come to help you unless you call for me". Location, same r