Adulthood Rant

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Killed over bread, beaten over ice cream, 911 called over excessive gaming, hacking up cars over a bit of road-rage, firebombing an ex-lover, trying to deny custody to a handicapped mom - these are just a few of the reasons I dislike winter. The cold seems to bring the worst out in people who already don't know how to cope.

They don't know how to cope because they were over-protected as children, and now, as adults, they lack the crucial skills to survive that they needed to get as they grew up. For many of these people, violence is the only solution they have. Temper tantrums and angry fits worked for them to get their way when they were children, and they expect the same inappropriate and childish methods to work for them now they are adults.

What we need is a "How to be an Adult" Class or school or something. My blog (Gallimaufreee tries to address the common events we, as adults, need to navigate to get through life comfortably and happily. I've covered such things as driving on ice, coping with weather extremes, how to clean up your home after a flood or water-main break, organizing a home pantry, how long food is edible, and other such day-to-day and seasonal things. Maybe I need to address how to deal with various stressors without the need to resort to violence. I don't like that people are so mannerless and rude and greedy as to casually kill someone over a loaf of free bread, even if it has dried fruit in it, or to even contemplate firebombing an ex-lover's house, or beat someone up over spilled ice cream or to even think for a nano-second that a handicapped woman is incapable of loving and raising her child (if she was competent enough to have sex and give birth and raise the child to this point, what makes anyone think she suddenly can't do it anymore?) .

I want to gather all these clueless people up and show them how to be clued-in and responsible and mannered and happy and how to successfully (or at least non-violently) resolve their stresses and problems.

Life is too short to be mean.