I come from a family that loves to complain, but don’t get me wrong, they will never disclose it. They are under the impression that they are all incredibly strenuous & nothing can get to them… However, if you make the mistake of telling them about something that’s ailing you, you are about to get an earful about how disappointing their problems are. There’s no way that your troubles can begin to compare to how strenuous their lives are. It’s severely maddening. It doesn’t matter if you are calling because you have a head chilly or because your pet died – somehow it’ll be worse on their end, but recently, my mom wouldn’t stop calling me to tell me all about how poor the weather was in her area. She was completely aghast about the outdoor heat & humidity, & she was releasing some of the heat by venting at me. She kept telling me that the air conditioner was running harder than ever before. She insisted that she had never been so tepid & uncomfortable in her whole life. She wanted to turn off the central cooling system, however she actually worried that she would never be able to sleep again. Instead, she was facing the reality of paying for a ridiculously high energy bill after all of this tepid weather. She rambled on & on about her heat & indoor cooling problems, while I sat silently back & let her complain about the climate. I knew there was no point in reminding her that her heat & humidity didn’t definitely compare to my monthly reality living in the deep south.