Another reason that they don’t like questions is because then they would have to share information about themselves with us. It got to the point where I asked NOTHING. I said NOTHING. Not even hello. Of course, that was wrong as well because then I wasn’t speaking to him. While you need to understand the reasons for their behavior, because that will help you, you also need to understand that anything that seems logical to us, will not to them. And that is just something you have to accept if you are going to do this.
To add to Snodderly’s list, make sure you have plenty of blankets, know where the shovel is, the cell phones are charged, there is gas in the car and toilet paper on hand. And in case you don’t lose power, find some old movies you might like to watch, a board game or two you and the kids can play, and a good book for the quiet time.
I live in hurricane central, haven’t been in a snow storm in many many years, but the idea is the same. Even during the good years of our M, I had to do hurricane prep and survival on my own many many times, cuz H is a civil servant, and believe me, if all four feet ten inches of me can do it, so can you.
"Acceptance doesn't mean resignation. It means understanding that something is what it is and there's got to be a way through it."--Michael J. Fox
