A word prompt to get your creativity flowing this weekend. How you use the prompt is up to you. Write a piece of flash fiction, a poem, a chapter for your novel…anything you like. Or take the challenge below – there are no prizes – it’s not a competition but rather a fun writing exercise. If you want to share what you come up with, please leave a link to it in the comments. Thanks for this challenge, Sammi!
Word Prompt
Ultimatum
Clean your room if you want to go out
Give me better conditions or I’ll work elsewhere
Marry me or I am leaving you
Issuing a demand, the refusal of which
Will result in the end of something
Who reacts well to an ultimatum?
And, if accepted, how can it not affect
The relationship negatively?
It will forever hold a place within
A Dalectable Life 
Q,
Stop me if I become too predictable in saying what I’m about to say regarding your latest WWP episode, because I’ve a feeling I am becoming a broken record (very old school reference there).
Nailed it!
Because you did. Again.
And okay, so you had a whopping sixty two words to work with as opposed to a measly handful. But still, the structure of this feels like the proverbial breaking point that usually comes of an ultimatum. It weighs down, it possesses and ultimately it breaks.
Superb.
B
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B,
No chance in hell I would ever stop you from making me feel like I have succeeded. Do the broken record (which one day, peeps will wonder what the hell that means.)
Yay!
I thank you.
Yeah, I know, right? Almost too many to play with! But I am glad that I managed to get my message across. They never work. Ultimatums – unless in the work force where the Union has to be brought in because of unfair treatment to workers… then again, power gets reversed and how often does it remain harmonious?
Humbled.
Q
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You did/have/do/will. Yes to all of ’em. Because you rock the challenges that way.
And yanno . . I still refer to albums. Which makes me archaic.
The YAY and the thank you go to you, lovely.
You worked it perfectly. And no, ultimatums are like imprisoning someone. Nothing good comes of it, usually not.
As long as the union doesn’t get so big for its britches that it forgets all about its members and the interests they were created in order to protect em. But I digress.
Talented.
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Blushing furiously, now.
So do I. So I guess I am as well.
Garsh and shucks.
Nope, Ultimatums are exactly that – imprisonment.
Yep. We could digress on this issue long and hard.
Grateful.
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I got you to blush! My work here is done. 😉
Serioso . . this was the perfect way to go about it. And the pic was yet another brush stroke.
Can’t be doing anything constructive whilst in prison.
No kidding.
Yes, very.
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Slap yourself on the back!
Glad the pic worked with the text. It was stream of conscious!
Nope. Well… you can get a degree but that’s a whole ‘nother matter.
🙂
Both.
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Done!
It was creativity and curiosity and skills leading the march.
You tell dee troot.
🙂
Yes of course both.
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Rock on!
Woot!
I try
MWAH!
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Welp, I am wooting to your ability to rock on and rock out these challenges. So there!
MUAH!!
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I’ll take your Woot and put it in my back pocket for those days where I’ll need a l’il extra woot!
MWAH!
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It’s your Woot Riserva. Pop the cork whenever you need something for your something. 🙂
MUAH!
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It is. And I will.
😘
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Salud!
😘
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Salute!
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Excellent post 💜
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Thank you, Willow! 🧡🧡
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Simply fabulous! So well stated … right words, right tempo, delivering the right feeling.
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Thank you, dear Frank!
So pleased it did!
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Meanwhile, on my side, The Producer was finally able to issue the buzzer!
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Dang it! That means I have been behind in my duties!!
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Oh no … it happens.
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I forgot to click the box to receive all notifications in my email (though it gets a bit much)
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Excellently true, this!
And yet … to not give an ultimatum is at times the worse of two options … (stinky room, stinky job, stinky relationship…) 😉
So … Ultimatums have their place, even if the resentment of the one to whom it was placed, may well be something they need to look at in themselves … (i.e. if they hadn’t crossed a boundary or taken another for granted, there may not be a need for an ultimatum in the first place …) 😉
eh?
xoxo
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This is so true. I know if anyone says to me, Do it or else, I’ll suffer the else, rather than be dictated to. Mm, makes me a bit of a rebel, I suppose
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I think most of us would. No one likes to be forced to do something. Negotiation goes a lot further, I say…
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No disagreement there. 🙂
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The poem and the picture so clearly show what’s wrong with ultimatums. It’s a hard way to win and no one does then.
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Thank you so much, D!
There are no winners when ultimatums are issued.
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Well done, Dale. That broken tree branch was a genius touch.
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Thank you! I was trying to think of what image could apply. Then I thought of a broken branch still attached so I searched through my pics. So glad it worked!
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worked well.
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No good ever comes from an ultimatum. Nicely done
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That is so true. Thank you
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Perfection, you absolutely rock the challenges Dale!
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Awww… Thank you Holly Rene!!
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it’s so true! My pleasure always!
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Good job. Ultimatums rarely work out but do have there place.
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They might at that.
When dealt with properly…
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Nicely done Dale. Ultimatums usually end in a no win situation one way or another and leave even longer impressions. Good one!
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Just found you in my SPAM! Darn WP Gremlins…
I agree. Ultimatums are rarely positive…
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LOL Thanks. Good thing it wasn’t that important. WHA! WHA! She’s ignoring me! Ultimatums destroy relationships of any kind.
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Ultimatums tend to give up personal control about some aspect of one’s life. No one likes to do that. Nice job, Ms. Dale.
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This is so true.
Thank you, Ms Monika.
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Ultimatums are fine if they go the way you want them to. Too often they don’t. Nice one Dale.
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So true. And the ultimatums work for the ones issuing them – until they backfire.
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So true, Dale. Well done!
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Thank you, Merril!
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Dear Dale,
I suppose a lot depends on the spirit of the ultimatum and to whom it’s given. Clean your room or else spoken by a parent is valid. The last line says it all…ultimatums can go deep and destroy. Now…like my comment or I’ll pout. 😉
Shalom and lotsa hugs,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Cannot have you pouting so liked, your comment is 😉
And yes, depends on the spirit of the ultimatum. Well said!
Shalom and lotsa love,
Dale
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There. Pouting averted. 😉
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Phew!
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Yes, indeed! Brilliantly written, Dale. Imho, no ultimatum works from one person to another. Only chance it may work is if it’s directed from ourselves to ourselves! 😉 Happy Sunday! 🙂 xoxo
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Thank you, Marina! I’ll take brilliant! 😉
And no. Ultimatums have a way of backfiring…
Happy Sunday to you (me from work!)
xoxo
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…patience! Sending you a friendly pat on the shoulder and a hug! 🙂 xoxo
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Wonderful picture of the broken tree branch. It speaks your last line eloquently. Good one, Dale. 🙂
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Thank you, Ina!
I was quite pleased to find it in my gazillion pictures!
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