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[freyakitten]

Story:
One day, when on my way to work, I fell off of the bus and cut my hands up quite badly on the asphalt. Picked myself up, checked that I hadn't torn my pants, and walked off, bleeding, to get my lunch from the cafe, and then continue on to work. When I got to work, I showed my boss my hands and asked for help getting the first-aid kit down. She-Boss not only got the first-aid kit down, but insisted on first-aiding me. Now, admittedly I don't need a first aid kit very often these days, and almost never without having fainted, but this was the first time someone had first-aided me without my fainting or puking since I was four. I got fussed over. And I had no idea what to do, because I'm not used to it.

But, anyway, when I need someone to act like a Mum, I can count on my boss to do it. She rocks. And, like you guys, she cares that I am in pain.

All Hail She-Boss! Hail!

Comments

[shadow-5tails.livejournal.com]

I'm glad she reacted with a bit of human decency - it seems a disappointingly rare quality in bosses on the whole. And I hope you're not too uncomfortable?

[freyaw.livejournal.com]

Just angry at a certain family member for not reacting the way I needed, and the way I cued her to act with my preamble. I needed an adult to vent my frustration and sadness at, she was there, and I did my best to say "this is what I need, can I get that from you?"

I should have expected the actual response given. But she's been doing so much better at being an adult that it was a bit of shock.

And then the excuse given for not responding in a supportive manner...! It involved "I lost one of my friends in university, so I learnt to be a bit cynical about death". Thankyou very much, but the person in question knows about the first person I knew who died while I was of university age, because that was Grandpa. He happened to be the fourth person I knew who died while I was of an age to understand, and I know damn well she knew about one of the earlier ones because it was her sister. She may not have known about the girl who (amongst others) walked me home from school after she realised my sister couldn't be bothered, or the other schoolfriend for whose funeral I couldn't get out of school, but she knew about those she was also related to.

So thank you very much, Mum, I needed you to be there for me, and once again you've failed, and I stand on my own (with regards to family support). You didn't need to care that I'm upset about a friend dying, you just needed to care that I was upset. That's what I asked for.