The kind of life I’m living is the type where I try as much as possible not to get into heated situations with anyone because my reactions in such moments can be very funny at times. I’m living a very quiet life where you’ll hardly see me shouting or quarreling with anyone, and that extends to my online life too. But I’ve come to notice that people tend to take people like me as weak. This is why it’s still good to stand your ground in an argument or cut some people off once in a while, just to make them realize that people who always seek peace are not fools.
The last time I had conflict with someone:
There was a woman who was a client of mine, and we were very good friends before she became a client. Yes, she knows me very well—the kind of things I’m capable of and the things I can’t do. Due to how close we were, I was rendering laundry service to the family, and they usually paid after it had accumulated to a reasonable and bigger amount. I wasn’t bothered because I was a friend of the family and our relationship was strong.
In the middle of last year, they started falling behind in payments, which I noticed and decided to bring to their attention. The husband pleaded that there was a little issue with their finances, but he would pay once everything got a bit better. I waited for a long time, and when I reached out to the husband, he would snub my calls and ignore my texts. Anytime I met the woman, because I saw her often, she would keep postponing and telling me to meet her husband and not to disturb her.
I kept taking things slowly, kept calling and messaging the husband, and I kept getting ignored. The wife even started frowning whenever she saw me. Still, I kept my cool, because I didn’t want to spoil the relationship, and I still wanted to get my money too.
Guess what? The woman came up with complete nonsense, saying she would deduct a certain percentage of the money because I was supposed to collect an extra 20k from the husband to give to her, which I didn’t. Actually, we had that agreement sometime ago, but I didn’t align with that agreement. I really got upset and messaged her husband about what the wife was insisting on. By this time, the husband had already given her the money to pay me. Finally, the husband responded and said I should go and settle any score with his wife. I was surprised because I expected the husband to be matured enough to see depth in what the wife was doing but the man is being controlled by the man.
At that point, I showed them that sometimes, quietness and love for peace are not signs of weakness. I insulted their lives both over calls, texts, and also physically. I was ready to let the relationship go. I was not ready for peace, and my mind was made up.
Till today, I still make them realize that they have a low level of understanding about life, and I also ask them if their lives have become better since they seized the 20k.
At this point, the only time this will be resolved is when their brains come to real sense.
I won’t lie, I love peace so much, but this conflict between me and the family—I love it more than peace. The way my presence reminds them of how “low-brained” they are gladdens me.
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