Returning from church to find my wife slowly grinding to a halt (she suffers from a chronic illness condition). So aftering mopping the kitchen floor (sticking soft drink incident) I take over cooking the lunch.
All going well with the salmon, potatoes and broccoli with hollandaise sauce being warmed up (from frozen). In an effort to get it all on the table together and all hot I speed the source along in the microwave. Wrong move, curdled sauce and scolded for my stupidity.
A recurring theme, I take my instructions a step too far trying to be nice/helpful and it goes wrong or it is not quite right and a torrent of criticism is unleashed because I didn't listen. Actually I did listen but then tried to use my initiative rather than have to keep asking what to do. In this case my initiative was completely wrong.
Ours is certainly not a house of encouragement and affirmation. Maybe that is why I encourage and affirm so many people outside of the home, it clearly is a value/need of mine that does not get received or exercised at home.
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