Don't Poke The Bear...

[waitingman]

A short personal note...

I don't understand why my Mother thinks picking a fight with me, over an issue that has nothing to do with me, will help to fix anything. Not a physical fight, I hasten to add... I would never... but if you start throwing baseless shit at me, I will retaliate with answers that have plenty of base

And as mentioned in a comment to an LJ friend the other day, the problem with me, when I lose my temper, is I have a tendency to bring rocket launchers to a knife fight. Mostly because I just want it over with as quickly as possible, the remainder because I don't like losing my temper, as it burns straight through the caution circuits I've painstakingly installed between brain & mouth over the decades & the last thing most people want to hear, is exactly what I think...

I have no belief whatsoever in Astrology, but if there's a trait I share with my supposed birth sign of Gemini, it's that there are 2 distinct sides to me. And one of them is a very angry man. Not a violent one (except for the occasional inanimate object), but one who's seen enough shit & has definitely had enough of it

"Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I am kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me.”

Funny... Al Capone was a Capricorn...

Comments

[paserbyp]

> I don't understand why my Mother thinks picking a fight with me...

From my experience, my Mother was just sick...

[samissam]

It could be that, on some level, she’s putting you to the test. Can you withstand the blows while remaining centered? The more you show that you can, the less likely she’ll rock the boat. Good luck ;)

[angledge]

I am the same way. I am nice right up until I am... not.

Also I am currently not speaking to my Mom. She told me she wished she had gone to the Capitol to protest Biden's election & I just #%&@! lost it on her.

[waitingman]

Ouch...!! My Mother may be a casually bigoted, stereotypical Baby-Boomer climate change-sceptic & dyed-in-the-wool Liberal Party voter (kind of similar to the GOP, ideology-wise), but that's just a whole other level of... well, everything from naïvete, stupidity & the purest form of apathy, to... something akin to the shuffling hordes in 'The Walking Dead'

... which is more what I'd expect from my sister...