Tuesday 8 November 2022

"I'm compromising too," They said.

"Oh," I replied, "tell me how you're compromising, to help me better understand and then we can find some middle ground."

[Unsaid: because in the 4+ years I've been taking care of your finances, food supply, refuse disposal, correspondence, medication, medical appointments, blood pressure monitoring, trying to dig out your home from 40+ years of neglect, and in the 2+ years I've been doing this, by myself DAILY, I haven't noticed ANYTHING resembling compromising on your part.] 

 

"I'm aging in place.  I'm not in long-term care where you'd have to visit me every day."


It's been over a week since this exchange took place.  And I still am unable to digest it.