{"id":137,"date":"2007-10-29T11:25:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-29T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/?p=137"},"modified":"2007-10-29T11:25:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-29T15:25:00","slug":"negotiating-from-a-position-of-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/?p=137","title":{"rendered":"Negotiating from a Position of Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the continuing saga of &#8220;We&#8217;re Doomed&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The alarm starts the radio this morning and WifeOfTheBigUglyManDoll hits snooze.  The secondary alarm walks in and asks for breakfast &#8211; the Very Hungry 7-yr-Old would like two slices of leftover pizza.  &#8220;Sure,&#8221; says I, and I get up and fetch his pizza while he fetches a plate.  I warm it up in the nuclearwave oven, which is deliberately located 6 feet up and over the stove, so that said 7-yr-old can&#8217;t reach it.  I hand it to him, he retreats to the table, and I retreat to my blankets.<\/p>\n<p>I missed the next round of snooze with the alarm, but shortly thereafter the Very Hungry 7-Yr-Old returns to the side of my bed.  &#8220;I&#8217;d like two more slices of pizza, please.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mmm.  I think maybe one more slice.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I would really like two slices,&#8221; he says, as the snooze comes off and the radio grows slowly louder.  &#8220;Don&#8217;t make me play classical music at you,&#8221; says I, as WifeOfTheBigUglyManDoll hits snooze again.  &#8220;One slice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Very Hungry 7-yr-Old climbs up on the bed next to me, looks at my head on the pillow and says, &#8220;Two slices and you get to go back to bed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Deal,&#8221; says I, as WifeOfTheBigUglyManDoll falls out of bed laughing.  Not like I shouldn&#8217;t have been up 20 minutes ago anyway, but he CLEARLY knows I don&#8217;t want to get up&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the continuing saga of &#8220;We&#8217;re Doomed&#8221;&#8230; The alarm starts the radio this morning and WifeOfTheBigUglyManDoll hits snooze. The secondary alarm walks in and asks for breakfast &#8211; the Very Hungry 7-yr-Old would like two slices of leftover pizza. &#8220;Sure,&#8221; says I, and I get up and fetch his pizza while he fetches a plate. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}