I suspect this is news only to me, but apparently men and women can put together a something that requires thought and instructions without being snide or cruel to each other. I’ve seen this happen perhaps once previously but tonight was the first time I experienced it for myself.
No one got grumpy and tossed anything. No one yelled at me and told me to just stand ‘over there’ until they figured something out. No one took over and acted like they were in charge.
And the whole thing got done well and happily.
Not only is this a strange and welcome experience but it’s shown me that I might not be to blame for all the shouting brought about by this sort of activity previously. In fact, I might be quite ok at it when I’m not being yelled at and told I’m stupid.
Fancy that.
1000 days 