i have an absolutely terrible time following instructions if i dont know the reason drove my mother nuts when i was a kid because shes the kind of parent who wants to give instructions or opinions and be done with it apparently i argued all the time  but then apparently i still argue even when im doing my best not to so im putting that one on her but i definitely have to know why  this came up because i give my kids reasons for everything and she told me that once they hit middle school theyre going to argue all the time my internal reaction was to look forward to it  there were a few years where i had utis often doctors said to drink lots of water but they never said why and i never thought to ask id just fail at it afterwards finally one gave the instruction to drink lots of water to flush out the bacteria and it was like a light went on i stopped needing antibiotics after that because id just drink plenty of water and the problem would go away