"Give Them Unquiet Dreams..."

[psalm_onethirtyone]

Dear Da',

Let's say you have two daughters and a wife. Let's say that your wife works a nine-hour-day taking care of people with dripping wounds who sometimes insult her and usually don't know what they're doing.

Let's say your older daughter works six hours twice a week in a nursing home, and is on her feet all that time, alternately being scared to death by hysterical old people or being glomped by the enthusiastic ones.

Let's say your younger daughter doesn't work, sleeps as late as she wants, eats whatever she wants whenever she wants and generally does these things while your wife is doing her two hours of computer work necessary for her job, and your older daughter having writer's block and mood swings like whoa.

Who are you going to ask to set the table, make the salads, and afterwards clear the table and wash the dishes? (Hint: It's not the wife or older daughter.) Can you guess? No?

...The older daughter and wife? Oh, okay. Is that your final answer? Yes?

Congratulations. You have not won a million dollars.

Better luck next time!

Love, Soujin

RARR.

While I was at Blue Mt. Lake, Anna had a stroke. *worryworryworry* I don't want anything to happen to Anna. She's too sweet.

Comments

[sansenmage.livejournal.com]

The worst thing is to have younger siblings who have expectations lowered for them, particularly in the realm of responsibility.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Do you?

We have lowered expectations of Waen. We know that she won't help out, so we don't bother asking. Alas.

[sansenmage.livejournal.com]

Actually, I am the baby of my family, but I have seen it enough with the families of relatives and friends.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Lucky!

[sansenmage.livejournal.com]

Yet I never had the fortune to torment younger siblings.

[snowyofthenight.livejournal.com]

It's no fun to torment younger siblings when they can BEAT YOU UP. Also, the parents always take their side. x_x

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Exactly! Waen can knock me flat in a matter of seconds, and no one would ever believe it. Meh.

Incidentally, I may be in love with your icon.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Actually--you don't. The older sibling has virtually no opportunity to torment, particularly as the younger sibling has the added benefit of being younger, and can thus claim unfairness.

[reincineir.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Also, there is the problem of feeling some measure of guilt. Especially if the torment is in any way mildly unjustifiable. At which point you second-guess yourself and your motivations for said torment like whoa.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Exactly. All in all, it's not worth it.