Basketball Blues
So, my Pistons LOST last night and I am disappointed. Add to that, the end of the NBA Season and I am in mourning. I am also irritable for another reason.
Imagine that you are on your couch-chilling and watching a really great program on TV-maybe a really good basketball game. Then someone walks into the room, joins you on the couch and begins enjoying the game as well. You watch the game together for a while and then out of the blue, the person grabs the remote and turns the TV off. You get pissed and yell at them. He/she turns the TV back on. You start enjoying the basketball game again and start cheering for your team. Then he/she reaches for the remote and turns the TV off-again. You are really pissed but you are wondering why this person keeps doing that. You ask him/her why they keep doing that and they say that that they enjoy the company with you and even enjoy the game but they just aren’t sure if they want to watch the game with you. Ok, you ask them why don’t they just leave and they say that they like the company and are comfortable. What would be the appropriate response for you to make?
Would you stay on the couch and allow this person to continue to be inconsistent and be hot one minute then cold? Would grab the remote and hide it from him/her? Or would you just leave the room? My choice is to leave the room because worst than missing the entire game is not being allowed to enjoy it in its integrity.
Observe the following text convo:
Him: “Hey [my name]”
Her: “hey”
Him: “Go pistons!”
Her: “Shut up. I want an apology.”
Him: “Im sorry for not coming to see you friday.”
Her: “U don’t mean it. Why are you contacting me anyway. U play too many games.”
Him: NO RESPONSE
Her thinking: [Is this what I have to keep dealing with after all of this time? Damn. What did I do to someone else to deserve this crap? It can’t be karma. But there was that relationship with Brendan. But that was a long time ago and surely the Universe is not trying to get some payback after all of this time...But anyway, he can’t even come up with an answer and he knows that I am mad at him…I guess I should not even be surprised.]
I am going to be real. Many times, I do not know what I want or even who I am or who I am growing into-even though I am in my late 20s. But I do know that I hate inconsistency and I hate someone taking me for granted. I know that I am commanded by God to love my neighbor so I have extended unconditional love to this individual but he takes advantage of my friendship. So, I have decided to just leave the room-leave the comfort of my couch, leave the predictability of the inconsistency and just find another room for myself where I can watch a basketball game without all of the drama.
Imagine that you are on your couch-chilling and watching a really great program on TV-maybe a really good basketball game. Then someone walks into the room, joins you on the couch and begins enjoying the game as well. You watch the game together for a while and then out of the blue, the person grabs the remote and turns the TV off. You get pissed and yell at them. He/she turns the TV back on. You start enjoying the basketball game again and start cheering for your team. Then he/she reaches for the remote and turns the TV off-again. You are really pissed but you are wondering why this person keeps doing that. You ask him/her why they keep doing that and they say that that they enjoy the company with you and even enjoy the game but they just aren’t sure if they want to watch the game with you. Ok, you ask them why don’t they just leave and they say that they like the company and are comfortable. What would be the appropriate response for you to make?
Would you stay on the couch and allow this person to continue to be inconsistent and be hot one minute then cold? Would grab the remote and hide it from him/her? Or would you just leave the room? My choice is to leave the room because worst than missing the entire game is not being allowed to enjoy it in its integrity.
Observe the following text convo:
Him: “Hey [my name]”
Her: “hey”
Him: “Go pistons!”
Her: “Shut up. I want an apology.”
Him: “Im sorry for not coming to see you friday.”
Her: “U don’t mean it. Why are you contacting me anyway. U play too many games.”
Him: NO RESPONSE
Her thinking: [Is this what I have to keep dealing with after all of this time? Damn. What did I do to someone else to deserve this crap? It can’t be karma. But there was that relationship with Brendan. But that was a long time ago and surely the Universe is not trying to get some payback after all of this time...But anyway, he can’t even come up with an answer and he knows that I am mad at him…I guess I should not even be surprised.]
I am going to be real. Many times, I do not know what I want or even who I am or who I am growing into-even though I am in my late 20s. But I do know that I hate inconsistency and I hate someone taking me for granted. I know that I am commanded by God to love my neighbor so I have extended unconditional love to this individual but he takes advantage of my friendship. So, I have decided to just leave the room-leave the comfort of my couch, leave the predictability of the inconsistency and just find another room for myself where I can watch a basketball game without all of the drama.
posted by JoiDoe @ 9:18 AM
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