RIP Care Bear
So, ever since I got home from New York and I have spoken on the phone with my youngest sister, I have been calling her Care Bear, or Kerrie Berrie. It’s just a cute little pet name I thought she would like. I figured since we live so far away from each other it would be a great way for us to bond, especially since I have little pet names for my brother and other sister. I call Chris and Caitlin all sorts of crazy stuff, and I wanted Kerrie to feel included, especially since she indulges in some of these nicknames herself.
Well, last month I called up my Mom’s house. When my Mom answered I asked her if I could talk to “Care Bear.” My Mom then said, “you know Kerrie doesn’t like being called that. Please don’t be upset, but Kerrie is all she needs to be called.” Of COURSE I got upset. My first reaction was to act very childish about it. I wanted to call up Kerrie and yell at her, tell her that if she doesn’t feel close to me since I live so far away that this is a way for us to be close. Tell her that if I can’t call her these little nicknames, that she can’t call me any either. AND, if I ever heard her calling anyone else a nickname she would get a sharp reprimand from me. Thank goodness I didn’t do this over the phone to her, sometimes I can conduct myself like a grown-up, though it’s difficult to do.
I was so MAD! I couldn’t really figure out why I felt so mad and hurt for about a day. Then I finally realized the reason why I was so hurt. She’s my SISTER and she didn’t feel like she could tell me that she didn’t like that name without being rude. She let me call her that name for FIVE MONTHS and couldn’t just say to me “Mar, you stupid-head, don’t call me that, I don’t like it.” I was hurt because she doesn’t let me in to her life at all, not even to tell me that something I do for her, she doesn’t like. Now, when I talk to her, I have a hard time not calling her Care Bear or Kerrie Berrie since I called her those things for so long. I hope this post can act as a little closure for it. RIP Care Bear.
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