“When people cry I feel like they are just making a last ditch attempt to win the argument. It’s so manipulative.”
“Don’t you have kids Mike? When they are sad do you think they are manipulating you?”
“Well they are younger, so I have more….what’s the word…not leniency, but something like that….”
The word you’re looking for is compassion, Mike, and the reason you’re having trouble finding it is because it’s not in your vocabulary.”