My dad's kind of an ass about 80% of the time and my mom overreacts pretty frequently, just some background info.
Ok so: I was eating a baked potato (delicious, might I add) when my mom showed me a video of my cousins doing some very Jackass-y type disgusting things. At one point a boy starting throwing up, and I like looked away and was like "Moooom, I'm eating!" and my dad, being the ass that he is, was like "WHAT are you doing, she's trying to eat!" and made it a huge deal that like ended in a fight, and then my mom went into her bedroom for a few minutes. She came out in like tears and was like "Brooke... I'm sorry." And I was just like "Mom, noooo, stop!" because -I- certainly was not the one that made such a huge deal of it and in no way expected/wanted an apology, and she sat on the couch on started watching TV and I went back to my baked potato.
Anyway. Point of the story is, I really don't know how to deal with people when they're upset. Even when they're not overreacting, when they're genuinely sad, I just don't know what to do. The best I can do is be there and listen to them talk about whatever it is that's bothering them. A few weeks ago, a friend of mine was crying and my other friend and I were sitting on the couch awkwardly for a few minutes, and after awhile the girl I was sitting with went over to comfort the other one. It seemed like she just knew what to say, and totally calmed her down, and eventually was like "Brooke come over here! Group hug!" and that's about all the involvement I had :/
I don't know if this post is making any sense. Or if it even matters. But you blog about what's on your mind, and what's on my mind is this: I need to start being more compassionate, rather than just shut down when someone else is upset. I wanna make it better!
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