Family Dynamics
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poliphiloWe forgot to give my mother her newspaper this morning- and she didn't notice.
Yesterday, though, we were running late with lunch (the packet said 30 minutes cooking time but it lied) and she not only noticed but got on her high horse. She may look and act like a fluffy old lady but underneath there's a daughter of the big house who believes there are things she's entitled to. I got angry in turn but managed to hide it.
What I wanted to do was flounce out the house.
Later, as I cooled down, it came to me that flouncing out the house was just what my father would have done.
Yesterday, though, we were running late with lunch (the packet said 30 minutes cooking time but it lied) and she not only noticed but got on her high horse. She may look and act like a fluffy old lady but underneath there's a daughter of the big house who believes there are things she's entitled to. I got angry in turn but managed to hide it.
What I wanted to do was flounce out the house.
Later, as I cooled down, it came to me that flouncing out the house was just what my father would have done.
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Date: 2015-03-09 06:24 pm (UTC)People who have a sense of entitlement rarely notice how much it puts other people off.
I was late meeting My Favorite Pilgrim one day last week. WOW she got mad at me. She read me the riot act, all about how this was "unacceptable" and "unprofessional." She was so mad at me that she put "good" instead of "excellent" on my evaluation for the CPE.
Her brain is drawing on old programming in order to make sense of the world.
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Date: 2015-03-10 11:24 am (UTC)I know I'm falling behind myself. One slows down and the young race ahead. It's what happens.