Welcome to another weekly edition of #MammothMonday. So, how many times have you had an argument during this quarantine period? Let us discuss this interesting phenomenon.
Well, it is not really a phenomenon, it is more a version of stress relief. Here is what is happening in my house. I call my son Matthew for lunch and he ignores me. He ignores me after having had asked me three times to make him lunch while acting all annoyed that time was not moving fast enough for him. Finally, he comes downstairs and inhales his lunch then disappears back to his room. Now, I finished the laundry and I brought his folded laundry up to his room and place it on his bed. He then snaps at me and wants to know why I do not put his clothes away anymore. I tell him that I brought them to the laundry room, washed, dried and folded them for him so the least he could do was to put them away. What does he say? Stop cleaning my clothes! It was at this point that I realized the great level of my ability to restrain myself 🤣 It was a verbal battle of amazing wits that ensued, a boy with some special needs practicing his verbal arguing skills against his mom, a woman with the ability to complete hundreds of tasks yet has a pathetic ability to find the best words to win an argument without hurting feelings or crossing a line. The outcome, he put his clothes away and I allowed him to do so while he mumbled under his breath probably telling me off. I consider that a win win situation. 👍
Guess what? We still had to get through dinner. He asked me many times throughout the day what he was having for dinner. He is 15 years old and has had Kraft Macaroni and Cheese every Monday for about ten years. But he asked anyway and of course, I tell him with no surprise to him, each and every time. As I am cooking his dinner, he came down twice to ask if it was ready. So I say to him that when I call him then that means it will be ready. Well, here comes the next quarrel. Now he is mad because he did not like the way I answered him. Now we are arguing over how long it takes to cook the macaroni and that I am doing it to slow at which time I ridiculously argue about having to wait for the macaroni to get soft. It was the most ridiculous argument but with so much fuel that we were both annoyed at each other for the rest of the night.
Now, it is finally ime for Matthew to go to bed and like he does every single night, he comes and kisses me goodnight so I take the chance of starting another quarrel and I ask him calmly about what his problem was all day. No argument this time but the poor thing held his head and said, “Mommy I can’t take this quarantine anymore. I need school in my life and I want to go somewhere”. Those words coupled with the look on his face almost made me cry.
The moral of this story is that more and more people are complaining that being around their family day in and day out around the clock is causing endless quarrels. Well, please try to keep in mind that it is not about the people, it is about the fact that we were plunged into isolation without knowing how to handle our lives going through drastic changes and not being able to see the invisible monster that is keeping us from living. We want normalcy back and the only way to release the stress has been to lash out at one another. Please stop doing this to each other before you say or do something you cannot take back. Try and be aware of your words and hone up on your ability to be understanding and empathize with those around you who may have feelings accidentally slip through their mouths because their brain is busy questioning everything that seems to be going wrong in their life.
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