He definitely knows a soft touch when he sees one! My senior GD's half brother, as a very charming toddler, used to charge into my house, bear-hug me round the knees and declare, 'I NEED a biscuit!' He also knew a soft touch.
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Great negotiation skills in that boy, he'll go far
Grannies are there to be exploited, but only when we want to be. 
the cleverest thing about it is that he knows
.... that you will fall for it LOL.
You CAN say NO ... and he won't try again 
or at least not so often.
How old is he btw?
...of putting in his requests for new "necessary" stuff. "If you could lend me half the price Granny, (thirty quid) I can pay the other half." Yeah right. 
His argument for needing this necessary piece of equipment (radio controlled robot which flings out discs) is "If I have this I will not need to buy a radio controlled tank, which would cost me (/you?) £99.99." Reasonable argument I guess. Nothing wrong with a bit of economy. Is there? 
And my afternoon trip for Mothers' Day has now been arranged. A trip to Toys'r'us to buy said robot. Won't that be lovely. 
Am I doing him a disservice in wondering whether this is good finance on his part, or a cunning plan to get at the family purse - again!?
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