I am the target of his anger at the moment, and it doesn't matter that I have done everything right, or did nothing to provoke him, it doesn't matter. I am the target of his anger. All the things that have happened to him today that might have rubbed him the wrong way were collected like shells along the ocean's edge and hurled at me the minute he walked through the door. It doesn't matter that I greet him with a smile or a kiss, or I tell him how proud I am of him. How I am over the moon about his straight A's and his impeding karate promotion. It doesn't matter that I cooked him a hot meal or made sure his drawers were filled with clean clothes, or that his room was neat and clean and that all the things he loved were cared for. It doesn't matter. Today. I am the target of his anger. It doesn't matter that I have put my life and dreams and aspirations aside and dedicated my whole existence to making his existence at least bearable. It doesn't matter. It's my job, and I know this. I fully understood what I was getting into when I got pregnant. I knew that the days were not all going to be filled with kodak making memories, although i did not expect to spend so much time in the abyss, I welcomed whatever this universe threw at me. Or him. And today.. I am the target for his anger.. and apparently I also suck like shit....
But I have to tell you.. I was a little proud that he spelled all the words correctly....
3 comments:
you know hon, I was feeling great empathy for you as I was reading the post.
i'm sorry, but when i got to the very end, I started laughing.
xoxoox
that picture is indeed worth 1000 correctly spelled words.
I think the only way to survive the upcoming flood of testosterone is to do it with a laugh. That's a keeper, right in the baby book with his first haircut clipping, just wait until you show it to his wife one day.
Keep your chin up... I hear tell they do appreciate us again in ten or fifteen years. :)
I laughed too. Sometimes we just have to take affirmation wherever we can find it....
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