I haven’t been able to write much this week. I’ve been feeling really off lately. I may write more about that later. For now, I’m picking a prompt from the book The Year of You by Hannah Braime. It’s the first prompt in the book. It asks us to list the roles we play, such as daughter, sister, friend, etc. We’re supposed to think of as many as possible. Here goes.
1. I am a wife. My husband is the most important person in my life (after myself sometimes). My husband and I will be married nine years in September. The measures implemented due to COVID-19 were hard on our relationship. Tomorrow I’m for the first time in for months going to sleep at home with him.
2. I am a daughter. I don’t have the best relationship with my parents. It’s civil but distant.
3. I am a sister and by extension an aunt. I think now that my sister is a mother, we share even less common ground than before, but Janneke (my niece) is a good conversation starter.
4. I am a daughter-in-law and sister-in-law. Particularly with my mother-in-law, my relationship is good. She acts as my informal representative when needed.
5. I am a cat’s staff. I originally typed that I’m a cat Mommy or cat lady, but I think Barry sees me as nothing more than the one who provides him attention and food. Now I no longer do this, of course, as I no longer live with my husband. However, my husband says I helped socialize Barry.
6. I am a blogger. I have had one blog or another ever since 2007 (or 2002 if you count my online diary that gradually morphed into a blog).
7. I am a disability, mental health and autistic advocate. I don’t do nearly as much advocacy work as I did some ten years ago, but I still identify as an advocate.
8. I am a long-term care client. Well, this is probably self-explanatory.
9. I am a friend. I don’t have any offline friends, but I cherish the online friendships I’ve made over the years.
These are mostly roles I play based on the relationships I have with people in my life. With respect to my interests, personality traits and opinions, I am still pretty unsure.
What are the roles you play in life?
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That’s so nice that you’ll finally be able to spend a night with your husband!
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Yes it is. I was a little hesitant at first because it makes me a bit anxious. I hope it’ll go well.
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That was a nice list and you sure do have lots of roles to play!
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Thanks. 🙂
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That’s so good you’re finally able to spend some time with your husband at home.
How cool that your mother-in-law is like a representative for you. It’s just so good to have such a person when you have problems in interacting with people and similar things.
Funny how you put it that you’re Barry’s staff. 😀 I did some deep thinking and realised that most likely that’s what Misha considers me to be too, but I’m still going to describe my role as a cat mummy because it’s a higher rang so it sounds better, and Misha can’t tell me not to do it. 😀
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Thanks so much. Yeah, I’m glad to have my mother-in-law. My husband finds it hard to discuss my care, so I’m glad she can in his place.
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