Re "later/never": A frequently used, and most annoying, response from my Mom: "I'd rather owe it to you than cheat you out of it:
--YELM Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:22:40 -0400
Geeze -
Like I needed to remember that.
--YELAS Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:00:04 -0400
What was the context for that usually? At first I thought it was "I'm not going to promise you this because I might owe it to you forever" but taken literally it sounds like "I'll give it to you... someday"
--Kirk Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:02:23 -0400
The latter. Once a promise had been made, if we reminder her of it before it was fulfilled, that was the answer.
--YELM Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:57:35 -0400