Airing of Grievances
Ladies
and gentlemen, to those of you who are reading, this is my list of
grievances for the holidays. They are things that piss me off, or
that get my goat, or that drive me up a wall. Because this year,
I'm dressing up the Festivus Pole.
1. I detest the fact that my family has no idea how to communicate with each other in a manner that is constructive. Most interactions between my family members are superficial to the point of fakery, or emotional bickering to the point of insanity. Talks rarely happen because the people in my family are so self-involved, and I'm definitely part of that. I wish I could remember the last family dinner we had.
2. Money and responsibility and attitude are all areas of conflict for my family. Nobody wants to do anything, any time, but it gets done. No thanks are given when it does, which is understandable, since people need to be reminded five or twelve times to do something. It is impossible to stop what we're doing when asked, to interrupt our 'oh-so' important business to accomplish any chores or necessary duties. I'm happy to report that I am the sole exception.
a) Money: my parents haven't kicked us out of the house yet and that needs to happen very soon, like last year.
b) responsibility: discussed above. Also, we are careless and irresponsible, and thoughtless about money, especially when it comes to owing another family member. See self-involved.
c) attitude: whether it is sullen and quiet or whiny, obnoxious and pointless arguments, attitude needs to be improved. You must live in this house, why just put up with being miserable when you could enliven the atmosphere and enjoy coming home at night?
3. Space. There isn't enough of it. And our store of stuff isn't decreasing. In fact, with the holidays approaching, I know that my closet of a room is going to feel like a foot locker.
4. Taking for Granted and Ungrateful. This one remains, despite efforts to lessen the issue. Unfortunately the threat of removing a car from someone hasn't ever actually been followed through on, so it is a vague, useless threat. Thus ungrateful and taking for granted continue unabated.
5. Lack of Logic. This one is huge. We aren't using our logical brains when we want to get our point across. If we were, we would understand that people have feelings, and that you're going to be stepping on them every time you open your mouth, if every time you open your mouth it is to make selfish demands.
6. Blame. Assigning blame does no good. It would be best if we could all do our parts, and recognize when we are in the wrong, to take steps to right those wrongs.
1. I detest the fact that my family has no idea how to communicate with each other in a manner that is constructive. Most interactions between my family members are superficial to the point of fakery, or emotional bickering to the point of insanity. Talks rarely happen because the people in my family are so self-involved, and I'm definitely part of that. I wish I could remember the last family dinner we had.
2. Money and responsibility and attitude are all areas of conflict for my family. Nobody wants to do anything, any time, but it gets done. No thanks are given when it does, which is understandable, since people need to be reminded five or twelve times to do something. It is impossible to stop what we're doing when asked, to interrupt our 'oh-so' important business to accomplish any chores or necessary duties. I'm happy to report that I am the sole exception.
a) Money: my parents haven't kicked us out of the house yet and that needs to happen very soon, like last year.
b) responsibility: discussed above. Also, we are careless and irresponsible, and thoughtless about money, especially when it comes to owing another family member. See self-involved.
c) attitude: whether it is sullen and quiet or whiny, obnoxious and pointless arguments, attitude needs to be improved. You must live in this house, why just put up with being miserable when you could enliven the atmosphere and enjoy coming home at night?
3. Space. There isn't enough of it. And our store of stuff isn't decreasing. In fact, with the holidays approaching, I know that my closet of a room is going to feel like a foot locker.
4. Taking for Granted and Ungrateful. This one remains, despite efforts to lessen the issue. Unfortunately the threat of removing a car from someone hasn't ever actually been followed through on, so it is a vague, useless threat. Thus ungrateful and taking for granted continue unabated.
5. Lack of Logic. This one is huge. We aren't using our logical brains when we want to get our point across. If we were, we would understand that people have feelings, and that you're going to be stepping on them every time you open your mouth, if every time you open your mouth it is to make selfish demands.
6. Blame. Assigning blame does no good. It would be best if we could all do our parts, and recognize when we are in the wrong, to take steps to right those wrongs.