Yesterday mother gave tea with sugar to father and he started abusing and shouting asking her to take it away.
After mother hurt herself yesterday, I started panicking and said immediately I’m calling the ambulance and father started boiling and came swiftly towards me to throw the phone from my hand.
Mother kept saying she wants to go to the hospital and I asked mother to come with me and father started boiling and started saying no and pulling mother.
He was behaving so angry and non empathetic towards the whole situation. He was more concerned about spending money for the hospital than what happened to mother.
I immediately called sister and asked her to come and father started talking sweety as soon as she came and when brother in law called him, he started oozing honey from his words.
After mother came home, father did the dishes and changed the diaper of my niece, yes I’m not denying that. But he kept taunting mother about the money that was spent in the hospital.
I couldn’t sleep last night. My conscious is clear because I was just retaliating to what mother did and I’m not at fault that mother hit herself. But I felt bad about the whole situation.
Father lacks empathy and he is condescending towards mother.
This isn’t the first time, they are always like this.
Not just father, most people I know lacks empathy and understanding. I don’t know if it’s an Indian thing or it is the same around the world.
The situation like yesterday required to be handled with empathy and care. It required immediate attention because it was an emergency. Whenever there is an emergency money should not be in the picture.
I just want to be far away from this situation.
It’s not because I don’t care but because I don’t want to be constantly present in this situation.
It’s affecting me to be here.
I’m not going to tell you how I cope or talk about how I handle and think about things because I’ve decided to be selfish.
I’m just telling you what happened.
If you wish to read, you may.
rachana rajan <3 