By Alisa Bowman

1. Are we really going to….

2. First of all…

3. I already told you …

4. What is WRONG with you?

5. You always do this!

6. Why do you always have to be so…?

7. Why can’t you ever be more….?

8. You’re such a ….

9. No offense but….

10. You’re not going to like what I have to say, but…

11. Oh, so it’s like that, is it?

12. That does it!

13. I tried not to say anything about this, but…

14. Oh just lighten the [insert expletive here] up already.

15. There you go again.

16. It’s just like you to…

17. You would be like that, wouldn’t you?

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