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You Cannot Bully Me Into Making You A Priority
“Hi sweetheart, how are you? You sure are a hard person to get a hold of, aren’t you?” my distant aunt, who never calls, unless she needs a favour, passively-aggressively stated.
I sighed, sat down and rolled my eyes but tried to keep my tone light, “Well, you know, I have been really busy lately. I’m sorry I have been hard to get a hold of, but I am finishing my Master’s program this month and I really am trying to simply keep my head above — ” Cutting me off quickly, she interrupted, “Its okay, what I need from you will not take up a lot of your time.”
I sighed again, I could hear her munching on something and her television on in the background. I was clearly not even worth her full attention, for this ‘favour’ I was seemingly going to give her, but not this time. I firmly started to state, “I am so sorry Aunty, but the answer is no, I am not in a position to do anything for you until the new year. I am very busy with school and work right — -”
“Oh darling, stop being so dramatic. You would be helping me with this amazing program I am starting, which will revolutionize the educational system,” she continued as she munched away on whatever the hell she was eating.
