It always ends in an explosion of character and emotion.
Walk away and regroup. Find something that calms you and give yourself time to process the emotion and situation.
Today, my alcoholic housemate, managed to smash 20 glasses by pulling apart a whole cupboard in a crescendo of noise which only lasted 30 seconds. Enough noise to wake a sleeping lion. He carried on being rude, insolent and ungrateful all day when my other housemates tried to include and help him. It ended with me having a disagreement with him and walking off.
I needed space time and a lot of walking to make it through the rest of the evening. I haven’t seen him this evening and I’m grateful, grateful to have my space.
Peppermint tea and bed as per usual.
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