| Okay, so. Today, before dinner, I tell my mom my plans for tomorrow (sushi, badminton, movie, nitemarket). And she goes "Oh, okay." During the course of dinner at my aunt's place (we routinely eat there because we do not cook at home), my mom randomly decides to say, "Mary's going badminton tomorrow," to my cousin, who of course is interested and says, "Where??" I shrug, and we resume eating. On TV, the trailer for Shrek 3 comes on, and my cousins goes, "Mom, when that comes out, can I go watch it?" And my mom says, "Oh, your cousin's watching that tomorrow." Said cousin cannot believe her ears. What my mom is basially doing, is manipulating me so that I will invite my cousin along to my day out with my friends tomorrow to play badminton and watch Shrek 3. Of course, I do no such thing. But, I have ultimately been made the"bad guy" because I have made plans with my friends, told my mom, and for not wanting my cousin to come along. He's 10 years old, for God's sake. Can I be blamed for not wanting a 10-year-old tagging after me on a God-given Friday with no school for the next three days? I hope to hell not. So then I told my dad on the phone over it, and he talked to my mom about it. My mom comes upstairs, and demands to know why I told him. I answered, "It's the truth." She says, "Fine. Don't expect me to drive you tomorrow." I reply, "Fine, I'll bus." She's mad at me for wanting to enjoy a hard-earned be-selfish day, mad at me for not wanting to be with my cousin every minute of my weekend when I see him every day already, mad at me for not wanting a socially incompetent 10-yr-old following me around, mad at me for telling the truth, and now mad at me because I replied I would take the bus when she said she refuses to drive me. How is this fair, I deplore of you all, how? So, that's your rant of the day. We now return to your regularly scheduled Pirates of the Caribbean obsession. JOHNNY DEPP!!!!! |