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Is it fair for our dad to hold us to this bet?
I should begin by saying our dad is really good at sleight of hand tricks and stuff like that. That's how he was able to pull this off.
On Sunday, my sister and I were having fun racing each other from one side of our backyard to the other. We were catching our breath between races when our dad said something and made us jump. We hadn't realized he'd come up behind us. He said he'd been watching us race and that he wanted in. He bet us that if we won, he'd do all our chores for us for a month. If he won, we'd do even more chores than usual for a month. We agreed and took our mark. When our dad yelled "Go!" we took off running as fast as we could. We were halfway to the finishing point and ahead of him when we both found ourselves being jerked off our feet and onto our butts! Dad quit running at this point and just walked to the finish line.
Turns out he'd tied a rope to the belt loops of our pants and during the race we'd run past a tree on opposite sides. I gotta give him credit, I didn't see that one coming!
Only problem is now he really does expect us to do the extra chores even though there's no way we could've won. Is it fair of him to hold us to this bet? If no, then what should we say to convince him to let us off the hook?
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No, he cheated.
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Is your Dad prone to doing silly things, joining the kids in what they are doing very often? I know a family where Dad was more like a big kid so if an adults opinion was needed, the kids went to Mom.
If he had not done this ever before, maybe he was trying to teach you a lesson about betting. And I would think he made his point. If this is the case, then I would think a conversation letting him know that you have learned by his bet that there are loop holes to bets and by the words actually spoken, that neither he nor you would be in the wrong. So you've learned your lesson and don't believe it's necessary to have to do extra chores for losing. If he doesn't relent, go to Mom with this. If I as a parent were trying to teach a lesson, I wouldn't hold them to it. They would still have their regular chores, not extra.
You probably thought it was a good deal initially. Companies do this all the time and you'll find this as an adult that there is always someone who tells you one thing but the opposite is written in fine print that no one reads. People learn to fool others and scam them by speaking a little truth to make it seem valid, leaving out important information instead of outright lying and other such tactics. Then you can't get out of a year long contract on phone or cable if they are doing a terrible job in service. So talk to Dad, if he doesn't relent, talk to Mom. If she feels it was a fair thing, you're stuck and have to do it.
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