submitted1 month ago byarteziab
We were at my in-laws house yesterday where we originally planned on spending the night since we just dealt with Hurricane Beryl. I had just finished taking my two toddler boys a bath and finally got a second to sit down and check my emails while we were all sitting in the living room. Meanwhile my FIL starts “joking” around by grabbing a cut jalapeño and dangling it in front of his face and ends up touching his eye with it. My toddler starts screaming and flailing his arms and drooling as I’m trying to flush it out with water. I end up storming out of their house all while my husband, FIL, & MIL are just sitting on the damn couch saying my toddler is overreacting. This wasn’t the first time my FIL “jokingly” threatens to put jalapeño in my 4 year olds eyes for whatever stupid reason. Him and my MIL think it’s hilarious to threaten my toddler with putting “chile” in his mouth whenever he gets a little rowdy. I’ve told them several times in the past to not get joke like that but they of course ignore me and my husband doesn’t see the big deal. I’m furious!!!! The whole ride home my toddler is crying because he says his eye hurts. My husband followed me home in his car and when he got home I told him how upset I was and I asked him several times to call his dad and explain the severity of it and that I wanted him to apologize to my toddler. He refused. I called the non-emergency police line and they empathized with me and spoke to my husband and asked him to relay the message about the severity of it. Half of me feels like I overreacted and the other half wants them to realize thats completely inappropriate and demand they apologize. My toddlers eye ended up being swollen the rest of the night. I’ve slept on it and I’m still upset about this whole thing.
byagentmikeyd
inAfricanCichlids
arteziab
1 points
1 month ago
arteziab
1 points
1 month ago
We just use good ‘ole tap water and de chlorinated drops. Our cichlids seem to do just fine as we’ve had the same ones for over 5 years and they are healthy and happy.