Consistency

Every time we visit my parents, Hyde throws a massive fit. (Okay maybe there have been two times where he didn't.) I pretty much knew it was coming. Hyde was muttering under his breath all last night & flopping all around exasperated. Plus he & my dad discussed several things, including views on bankruptcy & a sermon that our friend had preached a few weeks back. My dad & Hyde do not view much in this world the same.

About 40 minutes after we got back to our house, he started in on how I was a liar, how I put my career first, how if I wasn't exercising I was not allowed to watch tv any more, how he was celibate. At some point I tried to speak & was informed that this was a lecture not a conversation. He went on for a while. I tried to point out that it was he who had insisted ShortStuff sleep with us & he who had not initiated any intimacy in years. Yes years. He then started holding his head & saying oh my head. (Mocking me...in case you missed that.)

Then back to calling me a liar. He said did you say you were going to use treadmill. I said yes. Then he said are you using it. I said no. So he said well then you are a liar. Tell that to the elders. (I had mentioned earlier that I thought we needed to go to the elders.) I said well I guess I could say the same about you because you've said before that you were going to stop cussing at me, threatening divorce, yelling in front of ShortStuff & putting holes in walls/doors. He then brought up how he cut put holes in my face like I used to do to him. I said first I haven't hit in years, I've asked for forgiveness & I never hit hard enough to leave a mark let alone a hole (wouldn't make it right just because there wasn't a mark by the way). So then he starts in that it is only because I'm medicated. Nice shot below the belt. I said yes the medicine helps me control my anger but I've also focused on spiritual things, especially prayer. About this time ShortStuff walked up and started trying to bite him repeatedly. He didn't stop trying to bite Hyde until Hyde stopped berating me. Then we all packed up & went to Bible study like a big hypocritical, ahem, happy family.