The older I get, the more competitive everything seems to be with my dad when it comes to routine household responsibilities and basic handy knowledge.
It seems like he is rather threatened by my experiences as I get older and he wants to prove that he is still the man of the house.
The funny thing is, he’s the only one in this competition because I really don’t care what anyone thinks about my personal habits for home appliance knowledge. I just go about living my life and doing what I think is best for me. About 2 years ago, I thought that it was best if I installed a high-quality air purification device to work in tandem with my central heating and cooling system. For several years, I have been suffering from increasing allergies and poor respiratory health. I simply wanted to improve the quality of my indoor air so that I could stop relying so heavily on allergy medications and breathe more freely in my own home. At the time, my dad took personal offense to my air purification purchase. He kept insisting that air filters work just fine, as long as you weren’t too much of a dumbass to change them. We went back and forth with this silly air purification issue every time I spoke to him. Well, years later my dad now desperately wants to purchase an air purification system in the light of the viral outbreak. Unfortunately, he’s having a hell of a time finding anywhere to purchase one of the highly demanded air quality control devices. I’m not going to sink to his level, but I would like to tell him I told you so.