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Why is it so much easier to be harsh with your family than strangers? Why not treat them with the super politeness and charm that we give to the person calling on the telephone or knocking on the door?



Is it a case of familarity breeding contemp or could it be that a lifetime of past minor hurts have piled into a massive amount of pain that seeps out in the way we treat those who have been with us for many years?



I have to wonder if it might be one of these or can it be that a person simply reaches the point where simple courtsey is beyond their ability to offer. An overfilled glass of emotions that has no choice but to overflow and the anger always seems to rise to the top and come off fastest.



I wish I knew a way to switch it so that the annoying caller that interrupts dinner or the neighbor from next door who won't stop ringing the doorbell trying to sell crap for their kids school, were the ones that the anger and sour words were released on instead of those we love and wouldn't want to hurt if we could control our emotions.