Well DBers, W and I had a little skirmish this morning. I'm just not ready for criticism before I even get out of bed! She needed to get up early this morning and I rolled over to let her know the time as the alarm wasn't set. She stated bluntly "I know the time" I said OK. She then said angrily "Can I tell you something? At 6:30 every morning you are rolling around in the bed and I can't sleep!" I replied "then maybe I should just sleep elsewhere!" She said "Oh yes, that's right, I can't ever say anything about anything besides it's all my fault anyway, isn't it!" I said "It appears I can't do anything right, I can't even sleep right now. Maybe if something nice ever came out of your mouth that would help!" Yes, it was a classic "how not to fight" episode. All those "evers" and "nevers" were as inappropriate as they always are in such situations. Before I left I approached her and said "I'm sorry for keeping you awake and I'll try to roll around less" there was no reply. I said "see you later, have a nice day" and she replied "You too". I felt what she was asking was not wrong but again it was tone and delivery. I also don't like to just leave things lying like that. I feel I did what I could to reach out a little. I know there's something happening at work and this week is a typical reaction on her part, but I have my limits too. It wasn't the way I would have wanted to handle her sh!t but it was a start. Just don't rag on me before I'm even out of bed!
