Let the journal be marked with the age, at 2 years 6 months and 8 days, at which Verity first said "I hate you Mummy". The first of many, for sure, with occasional "I hate my life"'s thrown in for good measure.
I, and no doubt Verity, have already forgotten the perceived crime, although it might well have been a refusal to put Pingu on the TV.
Should I be happy that she has progressed sufficiently to express such a sentiment? Or depressed that she felt the need to?
Actually I am depressed, but for a different reason - she made a grammatical error. She said, "I hated you Mummy". If she is going to be a pain in the ass, she could at least be eloquent about it.