Ok, here's the reason I'm up right now at 4:36 in the morning. Let me start at the beginning....
I've been living with my roommates for nearing a year now. I have 3 of them, with 2 of them being my actual cousins (son's of my dad's brother). For the most part we get along just fine. Occasionally though, we have a dispute, but certainly nothing big, and usually is resolved right away.
Anyway, last night I get home from being out, and find a pair of boxer shorts laying on my pillow. These same shorts had been laying in the living room for a few days and no one wanted to claim them. Just so you know, we're not complete slobs (we're college students
and have lots of different people in and out of the place).
I grab the shorts and walk out to the living room and ask those in the living room who put it on my pillow. One of my cousins answers and said, "I thought they were yours". I didn't say anything after that and just tossed them down on the ground.
An hour or so later, he left the house. So, out of principle, I went and grabbed them where they were laying on the living room floor and threw them onto his pillow. I'd say that was about 4 or so hours ago that I did this.
It's just past 4:30 now and the reason I'm awake now, is because my cousin just got home. He found the shorts laying on his pillow and opened my bedroom door and threw them onto my pillow, or onto my head actually while I was sleeping.
I jumped up, picked them up and ran to his room and threw them into his room before he closed his own door. We started a yelling match, where he essentially was asking why I did that in the first place. I was essentially saying that I did it because he didn't respect me, and give me the consideration I deserve by putting those shorts on my pillow. He went on to say that i shouldn't take things so personally. I responded that it's the principle of the situation, that you don't throw dirty boxers onto someone's pillow. We almost began trading blows but luckily we didn't.
So, I'm laying in bed right now with adrenalin running through my veins. I know we have to talk about this tomorrow when we see each other. I don't want things to go any worse than they had tonight, and I don't expect them to either.
One reason this situation is important to me, is that this seems to be a theme in this side of my families life, disregard to common consideration of others. Not intentionally, but out of simply not thinking.
Right now, i'm planning on just 'sticking to my guns', in that as roommates, we have sort of unspoken contract to respect one another. Whether the action was done as a mistake or not, there is no excuse for throwing dirty boxers you 'THINK' are someone's, onto their pillow.
Any suggestions?
I've been living with my roommates for nearing a year now. I have 3 of them, with 2 of them being my actual cousins (son's of my dad's brother). For the most part we get along just fine. Occasionally though, we have a dispute, but certainly nothing big, and usually is resolved right away.
Anyway, last night I get home from being out, and find a pair of boxer shorts laying on my pillow. These same shorts had been laying in the living room for a few days and no one wanted to claim them. Just so you know, we're not complete slobs (we're college students
and have lots of different people in and out of the place).I grab the shorts and walk out to the living room and ask those in the living room who put it on my pillow. One of my cousins answers and said, "I thought they were yours". I didn't say anything after that and just tossed them down on the ground.
An hour or so later, he left the house. So, out of principle, I went and grabbed them where they were laying on the living room floor and threw them onto his pillow. I'd say that was about 4 or so hours ago that I did this.
It's just past 4:30 now and the reason I'm awake now, is because my cousin just got home. He found the shorts laying on his pillow and opened my bedroom door and threw them onto my pillow, or onto my head actually while I was sleeping.
I jumped up, picked them up and ran to his room and threw them into his room before he closed his own door. We started a yelling match, where he essentially was asking why I did that in the first place. I was essentially saying that I did it because he didn't respect me, and give me the consideration I deserve by putting those shorts on my pillow. He went on to say that i shouldn't take things so personally. I responded that it's the principle of the situation, that you don't throw dirty boxers onto someone's pillow. We almost began trading blows but luckily we didn't.
So, I'm laying in bed right now with adrenalin running through my veins. I know we have to talk about this tomorrow when we see each other. I don't want things to go any worse than they had tonight, and I don't expect them to either.
One reason this situation is important to me, is that this seems to be a theme in this side of my families life, disregard to common consideration of others. Not intentionally, but out of simply not thinking.
Right now, i'm planning on just 'sticking to my guns', in that as roommates, we have sort of unspoken contract to respect one another. Whether the action was done as a mistake or not, there is no excuse for throwing dirty boxers you 'THINK' are someone's, onto their pillow.
Any suggestions?
