bumfuzzle - to cause confusion, to fluster
Last night, my daughter, age thirty, and I had a disagreement over something ridiculous as per usual when it comes to familial conflicts. I consider myself to be quite lucky as since the pandemic, we have only encountered three of these bumfuzzling experiences. Prior to COVID, she had been living with two roommates in Manhattan but moved home to save money for grad school when her employers went virtual. Apparently 55 percent of adult children in America have done the same thing. To state the obvious, it is not easy to live with most, adult children or any other kind of housemate, in close quarters 24-7 as no one is perfect.
What is most bumfuzzling to me is why altercations tend to result in periods of "the silent treatment." Is pretending that the other person is invisible really going to help? Maybe. Maybe the angry one has to occupy her/his own space to sort things out in a self-centered way. In any case, I'll play the game because I have no other choice. When people are dying daily from a virus that is still not under control, I can't bother with the small stuff.
"This, too, shall pass." Whenever bumfuzzled in a bind, apply optimism.
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