At the cost of sounding boring and repetitive, I will say that this recession thing seems to have got the better of us. Even me. Now one would wonder why me. I bored housewife, homeschooling her three children, bearing the brunt of her husband's joblessness, and watching her dog grow old. Well, it has hit me too. Why? I have been forced to reduce my jaunts at the supermarket to once a week where earlier I would go there when the fancy took me and when I was bored. I would walk the aisles of the supermarket as one would walk a botanical garden. But, I cannot do that any more.
I am forced to cook more often, something I absolutely detest and have had a dislike for since god knows when.
But look at the brighter side. I finally have something in common with Bill Gates! Now, now. Let's not get into semantics. We both are victims of recession!
Honestly, I hate the word victim. It reeks of losing, giving up before putting up a fight etc., etc.
My husband does not feel that recession has hit him. Reason? We were constantly in a state of recess.
The recession must have come as a breather for all those who have been struggling to make it in life but did not. After having spent all their lives convincing the world it was 'destiny' and abusing poor Destiny for all the ills in their lives, Destiny found a breather when they found a new 'reason'. Recession. We can rattle off all the statistics we pick off the dailies and the news channels to convince ourselves that we are not alone. But, are we really not alone? I think we are. Because we human beings all react differently to the same word. What is 'being broke' for you may not be the same for me.
The objective of this post is not to sound morose but think aloud. Sorry for using you to bounce it off!
