Ultimatum

Hi,

That was an ultimatum. Please, don't do that to me. I mean, I don't handle ultimatums well.

Native speakers, could you correct my sentence, please?

Or do you have any better alternatives for me that convey the same message?

This is OK. The word

I'm assuming this is dialogue.

"That was an ultimatum. Please, don't do that to me. I mean, I don't handle ultimatums well."

The first statement could also be phrased as a question: "That was an ultimatum? Please, don't do that to me. I mean, I don't handle ultimatums well."

Thanks for the correction and also the suggestion, Clive.


Isabelle

Oh. Thanks to you too, JoshStafford.

BTW, if the first statement be rephrased as a question as you suggest, do you think it'll lessen the degree of the unpleasant situation a little?

Isabelle.

ILEdo you think it'll lessen the degree of the unpleasant situation a little?

Possibly, and of course depending on what you mean by "the unpleasant situation". There's very little context to go by, so I'm using my imagination here - and possibly getting it all wrong.

For me, phrasing it as a question might indicate that the speaker is upset, almost be

@JoshStafford, thanks for your support to explain it in detail even though there was so little context in my original post and my third reply. I really appreciate it!