Ladydane’s Blog

ok so you all have heard the phrase “don’t poke the bear” and I am here to tell you that this is a good bit of advise to follow.  Recently my husband broke his right elbow at work and due to this has been put in a cast.  I thought this would be good in that my worries about rules was out the window (my husband is right handed).  I know I know rules are good and I agreed to this and all the other arguments that mean I shouldn’t be excited about no rules, but come on who isn’t excited by a little freedom now and then? Anyways I have always been and always will be sort of a smartass, I consider this a positive trait and he does not.  I figured there would be no harm in having a bit of fun while I was off the hook.  Now that I am writing this it really doesn’t sound smart, but I did some things intentionally that I wouldn’t normally get away with to see how far I could push things.  For example I let the car get almost to empty (It gave me a little glee) and I let some clothes pile up on the bathroom floor (not as much fun a lazy).  I know these don’t sound like major offences but it gave me a kick just the same.  Well let me tell you I think that my husband’s left arm is stronger than his right, either that or he just put some umph into it. He started by asking me what I thought I was doing with the whole clothes on the floor thing. I then answered in a not so nice way telling him that I was allowed to slip every now and then.  He was getting frusterated and that is when it happened…I poked the bear. I am not really sure what I was thinking but I suddenly said “and I let the gas light come on in the car,…what are you going to do about it.”  Needless to say this was the WRONG thing to say at any moment not only when he is already mad.  Trust me poking the bear hurts in the end.  I would like to say that it will never happen again, that I learned my lession and I will not doubt his athority again, but I am not that out of touch with reality.  Did I learn a lesson? Yes. Do I think it will be awhile before I make the same mistake? Yes. But do I think that I will never poke the bear again? More than likely, No. Not that I will mean too, just that sometimes I lose the battle with what is the right thing to do and what my mouth wants to say.  Well maybe next time I will use a stick when I poke the bear and keep a bit of distance.