Over the Shock and GALing 6

[Thinker]

Goodness! It just happened again.

Every time I try to stand up for myself and express my desires, it turns ugly.

I have a group bike ride I try to go on every wed night. My W scheduled a client for this evening so I can't go - have to watch the kids. OK, no problem.

So I said, calmly, "I support you in your work and I know that sometimes it is unavoidable, but I ask that if it is possible you not schedule clients for Wednesday nights"

At least that's what I tried to say. I couldn't finish before she blew up - "Why is everything always about you? You want you want! You want to go on these bike rides EVERY week and I can NEVER do anything on Wednesday nights its just like..."

I corrected her, asked her not to put words in my mouth, asked her to keep to the specific situation and not generalize, but ...

Holy Cow!

It really makes me wonder what I am doing wrong...