Aren’t we all glad it’s the weekend? I sure am! Yesterday as usual we went out for our weekly grocery shopping and I got to wash my hair after an entire week, yes, gross, I know. Actually I haven’t been feeling well for the past couple of days and moreover washing hair everyday is something I avoid to maintain those limp strands of hair in my scalp. The feeling you get when you wash your greasy hair after a really long time is truly refreshing. I think everyone who washes their hair everyday ought to start doing it and the grease apparently is good for your hair follicles. Okay I’ll shut up about it. Today I want to talk about what happened yesterday when Bigshot and I went to a restaurant to have our dinner after our shopping. As we were about to pay our bill and leave, the waiter came in and looked at our half eaten dish and asked us whether we needed it packed. Since he never eats anything that’s older than a day and since I hate throwing food out, I decided to politely decline the offer to get a box for the dish. Then the waiter went ahead and looked at Bigshot because clearly he was not happy with my answer. A simple look, that’s it, that’s all it took for him to make Bigshot say yes to a box the waiter badly wanted to give us. As we pulled over to our house and decided to unload the grocery bags from the car we had a conversation that terribly disturbed my mind.
ME: “So are you going to eat that food or are you going to make me throw it out?”
BS: “Oh no, I didn’t like it at all.”
ME: “Then why did you get it boxed?”
BS: “Because I felt like he was getting disappointed at me.”
ME: “What?”
BS: “Yeah, he had this look in his eyes after you told him no, I wanted him to be happy.”
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BS: “When have I ever done that?”
ME: “The time you brought an expensive bottle of shampoo and conditioner because your salon hairstylist told you it’s good, the time you brought that ridiculous looking shirt because the salesman said it brought out your eye color, the time you made me drink that horrible thing because you couldn’t say no more than once to the guy.”
BS: “I said name one.”
I wasn’t exaggerating when I said all those things by the way, in fact his hairstylist pretty soon came to know about his constant need to please people and offered him another set of expensive shampoo and conditioner which he brought home that very day. Obviously, I end up giving away most of them to people who would actually use it rather than throw them out when it has expired. I’m the one who ends up dealing with all those unwanted things, places and even food because he cannot disappoint anyone.
While he suffers with the need to say yes to everyone and please them all, I too suffer from a similar condition but instead of saying yes I simply say no to everything that’s been thrown at me. If someone asks me today whether I want a glass of water, my immediate reaction would be to say no before asking for a glass of water later. When my friends used to ask me to hang out with them, the first response was always to say no along with a made up excuse only to change it after a while or sometimes I’ll just stick with the reason for the sake of it. I fear interactions, I fear standing up for something, heck, even to ask for help. Do you remember the time I told you all about how I’ll wait for an interval in school to go pee even when my bladder is about to pop out inside my stomach and especially when there are others easily excusing themselves to go to emergency washroom during the class. And while Bigshot never had a problem in the area, his need to please or not to upset people had most of the time taken us in the wrong paths. However, I’m glad that this scenario will eventually lead both of us into learning and understanding things from each other. I can teach him to say no to the things he doesn’t want and he can teach me to say yes to things I should want. You know what I’m saying? There is no better learning in life than the learning you get from making mistakes and knowing your flaws. On that though, I wish you all a fantastic weekend 🙂
Author: Lakshmi Geeth
I’m an ordinarily odd person who is pleasant to talk to. When I’m not trying to be funny, I would be lying on the floor bawling my eyes out. I write weird stories, real life snippets, traumatic and dramatic memories along with doses of unsolicited advices. 🙂
