Same crap, different day

I am back. Not much new to report on the "watch" front, which is good. Not much is a good thing. My brain is shot from disjointed sleeps. Having a sobbing woman beside me does not help. I really feel for the Wife. This is really hard on her. She is very close with her mother and very much like her (for good and bad, as you cannot have one without the other). My only concern is that the Wife has not learned from MIL's mistakes and will repeat them.

The Wife is an interesting combination of both MIL and FIL. They are not a curious bunch, yet love to ask "why". It is a loaded question. I believe that if you ask "why", then invariably you are not a point to understand "why", in which case any answer cannot be understood or accepted. It is a question asked by those whose mind is not open to the answers. They are looking for an answer they want or like, not the answer. Most often, the answer does not satisfy them as they will not accept the whole reality. They want to cleave off the parts they want and leave the dirt or costs for somebody else. I guess I am that somebody else.

FIL does not really count anymore. MIL was never curious enough to ask questions and actually listen for the answers. She was too afraid of offending, so she made up her own answers. All assumptions but never tested. The Wife does this too and then compounds it all by not letting go of the assumptions. This way, facts that do not fit the assumption are ignored and avoided. It becomes a circle jerk of illogic and no logic can penetrate that barrier.

Well, that is some insight into the psychological underpinnings of the Outlaws. Not an introspective bunch. Afraid of what they might find perhaps? It is always easier for them all to avoid and point out the obvious.

Speaking of which, the phone rings and the Lad tells me that the phone is ringing. "No shit, Sherlock!" I have to shake his hand and thank him for pointing that out to me. Where would I be in the world without all these people?

Ciao!