who what where when why wednesday.

q:

what pushes your buttons?

a:

failing to follow through on commitments.

specifically: when i do {at midnight while on vacation} and you give me a lame excuse as to why you cannot.

pin.

yesterday must have been "push my buttons" day with a  24-hour surprise party that i never got the invite to.

i was in a foul mood.

and felt very justified in all of my foulness.

why so awful?

it started with a cheeky instant message... you know, the one that ends with a :) .... the international non-verbal passive-aggressive emoticon that is supposed to make anything you say in type acceptable and non-offensive.

and then.... in a way that was very funny to everyone around me - but me - every word that came out of my mouth was followed up with a snarky, cheeky, all-in-good-fun, teasing, or antagonistic comment.

and right about then, i decided i was done talking. to everyone.

which only made the matter worse... i got a lot of "hey, why so melancholy?" or "yes, you ARE melancholy" or the genius idea to lighten the mood by rolling my passenger's side window down while we drove past the running sprinklers, followed by an elbow nudge and a "someone needs to lighten up..."

not that any of this has anything to do with my answer.... but really, the commitment-bailer is where it all started.

drown with me in misery for a minute.

what pushes your buttons?