I used to get that allot as a kid. Y'know it's like, "I'm not angry and I dont hate you...I'm just really dissapointed." That sucks so much worse
That was my mom's disciplinary style. I asked my mom once why my brother and I weren't spanked like the other kids. She said that with me, she knew that the more rules I had, the more I would rebel. Which I now realize is very true. She said that I was already a good kid, given the option to make the choice myself, I would usually make the right one. My step-mom tried to spank me once. She broke the wooden spoon into three pieces on my buns of steel. Since it broke on the first swing, it didn't hurt, I gave her a look that would kill and went into my room. When my dad got home I told him, she wasn't allowed to spank us after she welted my brother up pretty bad one day. The rule then became that she wasn't allowed to discipline us period without my dad around. We hated her. And did nothing to make it easier for her. I'm glad my parents talked with us instead of spanked. I want to be just like my own parents in style.