Phrases from the distant past

When I was young, very many years ago, my mum used to take me with her shopping and visiting people. If I misbehaved, or behaved less than perfectly, she had two phrases that compelled instant obedience.
The first was:
"Wait till I get you home!"
The second:
"I'll deal with you later."
These phrases could be combined into a single, chilling sentence:
"I'll deal with you when we get home."
Any one of these was sufficient to create an impeccably behaved child or youth in the hope that mum would forget the earlier misdemeanours and remember only the perfect daughter of the latter part of her trip!

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miscreant6x6 · 56-60, M

"I'll deal with you later" was a chilling fore-warning.

Whether at school or from an elder.

It always ended painfully.

MandyMitchell · 80-89, F

@miscreant6x6 I had it used against me - and much later, used it myself.

miscreant6x6 · 56-60, M

@MandyMitchell Words are so powerful in this context. They act as preamble to what is imminent.

MandyMitchell · 80-89, F

@miscreant6x6 Words can be as effective as anything else. The simple phrase, "I'll deal with you later" immediately stopped all bad behaviour as one remembers the previous occasions the parent "dealt" with you. The bottom tightens, the face falls and one walks on eggshells on the return journey.

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miscreant6x6 · 56-60, M

@SuziSatan02 very clever use of the word 'do' in such instances Suzi. Are you familiar with such a phrase as it never happened to me in conjunction with strict CP ?

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