Arts of Democracy

I was an active participant in negotiation just last night. I decided last week that sometime this week I would workout. I was procrastinating, but realized I wouldn't be able to do it for the rest of the week because of my work schedule, so last night was the night. My mom told me to go straight home after school to clean the house and I obeyed her order. Around 6pm I called her and asked her if she'd like to go for a run when she came home. She said she'd think about it and talk to me about it when she got home. By the time she came home it was already dark and she was hesitant about going. She thought I was up to something at first because I was so persistent about going. She didn't want me to run around the neighborhood by myself and she really didn't want to take me to the park either. Finally, I convinced her to take me to the park. The first park we went to, she complained was too dark so she wouldn't be able to see me. I used reverse psychology by saying that we should go home, but she said if I had her driving around, I was going to run. We went to another park down the street and it was dark as well. But at this park, she said she would stand by the baseball field to watch me run. I was satisfied, more so than her, because I ran, and she because she could see nothing could happen to me.