We Promised Mom We’d Never Do That Again, Didn’t We?
And the next day, we were at it again. After all, it was she who taught us to use the term in our own defense. All we had to do to avoid a spanking was to promise not to do “it” again, whatever it was.
So gullible, our moms.
Things aren’t too much different in adulthood, although we still make the same mistake of gifting promises we almost never keep.