RTFN

Do you know any of these people? Right the Fuck Now is their m.o. I live with two of them. I am having a hard time finding the words to describe the way this affects my life.

I am a screener. A listmaker. I will get to it when I'm ready. Give me some time to process, to think.

Ugh. Not good enough for Mr. and Little Miss RTFN. Did you call? Did you call? Did you call? Did you get it yet? Did you decide? Let's go RIGHT THE FUCK NOW.

Among the bourgeois I've heard a lot of talky-talk about having kids, not having kids, putting career first, self-fulfillment, what this all means.

No one ever puts the following in the plus column, but I would. Being in a marriage and being a parent FORCES you to grow. You have no choice. You are always acting, reacting, playing off the energy of others. Other people who have EXPECTATIONS of you. People who are of you, bonded to you, yet very different than you.

There is no coasting when you are part of a family unit. You constantly have to step up your game. Someday I'll be ready for the majors.