Dayna and I were on the way to Don’s house to meet his brothers and I had an epiphany I labeled “inherent fallacy”. I used that to describe situations where someone believed with all their might that something was true but it was based on some really bad logic. For example, there are guys who cheat on their girlfriends/wives chronically and believe without a doubt that they (meaning their partner) will never cheat on them or leave them. I mean its like a big circle jerk. Its this property that they use to glorify the situation by rationalizing that she’s my number one because she’ll always be by my side.
Lo and behold, she cheats on him/leave him and its the end of the Fucking world, the sky’s falling. What’s so bad about it is that he feels that her single wrong completely eclipses all the wrong he’s done.
Another has to do with my mom although kinda humorous in a sick way. It makes me hate to say I told you so. There’s a couple of situations where my mom chooses not to apply logical rational rules. When she doesn’t look at the least common denominator and make a decision. Long story short, Zachary wrecked his car, so she let him borrow hers. A day later he hits a curb or something, spins out of control and damages the front-end. Keeping the idea behind inherent fallacy. What made her think that he might not wreck her car when logic says he probably will.
But don’t bash me yet, I understand completely, It’s be cause she values family and making sacrifices for them, no matter how silly.
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And possibly that she was planning on getting a new car (in hindsight) since she did. He also destroyed the engine in the car when he was on leave after boot camp. Apparently it was leaking oil and that leak turned into a deluge somewhere between San Antonio and Houston. Suffice to say the car is no longer drivable and/or owned by my mother.
Family is a bitch because you can’t choose them (unless you’re making them). My best advice is to always be careful when combining big investments/money with family, make smart decisions and balance logic with that irrational feeling we call love.
