My brother, sister-in-law, and niece arrived today.
More than anything else I was struck by the fact that I am a quiet contemplative person. With many people I know, I can be quite chatty, but when confronted by extroverts, I don't have the energy to compete for air time. From the moment they arrived, at least one of them was always talking. And not just talking, but amped up chatter that requires speaking above my normal volume to interact with.
A pause here or there but my parents filled those. My conversational contributions were cut off or diverted several times.
My sister-in-law (SiL) enlisted me by way of assumption into wrapping my niece's gift from Santa. She asks for favors in a way that doesn't leave room to say no. Kinda bossy actually. All I had time to say before 5 yr old niece bounded back in was, "Santa wraps at your house?" He never did at mine. He set everything out in front of the tree on xmas eve after we'd gone to bed.
I've also been volunteered for sledding tomorrow. Fuck man, it's only going to be 23 degrees at best tomorrow. I don't own snow pants or long johns or even sweat pants, or for that matter, snow boots. I'm game for a few runs but I'm not equipped for hours. It's the presumptiveness that bothers me more than anything though...
Having comments from you guys helped though. Leave some more and help me get through this week!
P.S. I'm so glad they have a hotel room.
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I am the same way - usually quite chatty and outgoing, but I hate feeling like I am competing. Some people don't realize how rude they are when they overpower and dominate the entire conversation. :( You'll make it through the week though!
ReplyDeleteToday was better. Everyone being kind of tired helped mellow some of the hyper.
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