Nah, I don't wanna

Nah, I don't wanna!

So last night, I get home from working a wonderfully long 10 hour work day in the land of retail. 

I am tired, hungry and just want to veg in front of the TV and watch Lord of the Rings. I spy my 14 year old daughter doing a bunch of nothing on the computer and immediately my brain begins to process. My daughter loves Fantasy books like Eragon, Lightning Thief, Rangers Apprentice among countless others and I realize that she would enjoy watching the grand daddy of all fantasy stories; so I tell her to come watch this movie with me. 

I barely get the invite out of my mouth and she has already given me the " Nah, I don't wanna" answer. Now I gotta sweeten the pot, so I tell her this is a 4 hour movie and I will let her stay up to watch it all. (Side note, the movie is 4 hours cuz I had to have the extended edition since 3 hours was not long enough). She pauses... thinks a moment.... and counter offers that I should throw in a root beer and its a deal. So we agree and watch the movie. 

The next morning, she stumbles outta bed a little later then normal and the first thing outta her mouth is "When can we watch the second movie?"

My insane moral take of the story......When you know you are right, there is nothing wrong with a little negotiating to get the teenage child to see your way.