Did I do the wrong thing?
I am not a fan of our rabbi. However, I do like him personally, I just think he is not the right man for the job. I am not a fan of his kids. His oldest two are friends with my oldest two, and I do not like them. I have kicked his seven year old out of my house for being disrespectful, and have had other problems with him as well.
We drive a carpool with the rabbis family. His wife, who teaches in the morning, drives our kids to school, and my wife, who teaches in the afternoon, drives them home.
That is, until the rabbi had a baby last week. We were told that we would be driving both ways, and it seemed like it would be throughout the rest of the school year.
So last night, when they called to arrange carpool for this morning, I said I would be driving in my car, with only one car seat. And they couldn't bring boosters (Her kids are about 6 and 8).
I justified it to myself because bringing boosters would add a few minutes to carpool, time I would rather not spend at their house and would prefer to spend at work. They quickly said that her parents would drive this morning and Friday (the two morning I would drive, my wife will be driving on Thursday), and she would be back driving carpool next week.
Had I known when we were having this discussion that it would only be for two days, I would have done anything to help. But from what I had been led to believe, this was going to be carried out throughout the rest of the school year, and I wanted to nip it in the bud.
My wife says I am a meanie.
Looking at thebig picture, though, I don't think I am.
We drive a carpool with the rabbis family. His wife, who teaches in the morning, drives our kids to school, and my wife, who teaches in the afternoon, drives them home.
That is, until the rabbi had a baby last week. We were told that we would be driving both ways, and it seemed like it would be throughout the rest of the school year.
So last night, when they called to arrange carpool for this morning, I said I would be driving in my car, with only one car seat. And they couldn't bring boosters (Her kids are about 6 and 8).
I justified it to myself because bringing boosters would add a few minutes to carpool, time I would rather not spend at their house and would prefer to spend at work. They quickly said that her parents would drive this morning and Friday (the two morning I would drive, my wife will be driving on Thursday), and she would be back driving carpool next week.
Had I known when we were having this discussion that it would only be for two days, I would have done anything to help. But from what I had been led to believe, this was going to be carried out throughout the rest of the school year, and I wanted to nip it in the bud.
My wife says I am a meanie.
Looking at thebig picture, though, I don't think I am.
posted by Air Time at 9:19 AM
9 Comments:
In retrospect you seem to be a meanie...but at the time you did the right thing
i am surprised that you like the man you voted into rabbinic office, given that the reasons you do not like him are largely related to his personality.
and i think his kids are a lot like him/them. dad and mom are not the most respectful lot either.
christ on a bike. are they going ot be in boosters until bar mitzva?
you would prefer to spend time at your non-job than at the man you voted into rabbinic office, who you like personally.
i find this puzzling. do clarify, air.
why couldnt her parents have driven to begin with? the bitch just felt she could leech off you rather than inconvenience her parents?
ah, drop it. the rabbi is on his way out, as are you. yours is a professional relationship, never forget that; you would never think of calling him reuvain, would you? he is still the one you voted into rabbinic office, and you are just a member of his schul. for the time being.
and on to more interesting matters. why dont you weigh in on the micha/lorch brouhaha?
Wow, I would really feel more comfortable knowing what "anonymous" coward is calling my Rebbetzin-friend names. Be a man, and put your money where your mouth is. That is how you show respect. Self- and otherwise...
As for my darling, Chesed isn't only possible when most convenient. I believe that's the point.
As mean as a guy who won't help a young girl kill a spider?
you did have extenuating circumstances. weren't you on your way somewhere.
ahhhh..kiling a spider would take a second. I didn't do it b/c she was so sure i would.
my dearest veev,
i am not a man.
and what money? what mouth?
and furthermore, have you not noticed that NO ONE on this blogspot has a name, and it seems that only the initiated know each others' true identities?
chesed may be possible when not convenient, but you dont want to be someone elses toilet paper either. and THAT, darling, is what respect, self- and otherwise, is all about...
Just so you know, whomever you are, man or otherwise, when I said "darling" I was actually referring to my Dear Husband. Not you.
Best regards from NY!
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