Daily writing prompt

What do you complain about the most?

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This is perhaps the best question I’ve answered on this site so far. Complaining is my middle name and I even had a shirt customized to reflect this problem that I have which is a funny one. There’s very little I don’t complain about to be honest. These reasons about why I complain range from having to wait too long for things or rules that I don’t agree with and perhaps the biggest thing i complain about…..my money situation/someone having more than me, maybe having discounts that I don’t have which enable them to get something cheaper while I have to pay full price, ETC. The list goes on and on about things I don’t agree with. Every day, there’s something new I complain about but most recently, it’s been about the situation with the bus as they tend to come late and send me taxis instead of buses despite para being a bus company. This doesn’t really make a difference to me except for when they are late and if the driver is rude, if they have fifty stops ahead of getting me where I’m going when their already late, ETC. Before I forget, there’s actually one thing I complain about more than my money situation and the bus combined and this is being put on hold with people and having rotten luck with the phone in general. More often than not, I make most calls on my phone and get no answer for the most part. This is especially annoying if I needed something from the person I’m calling but even more annoying is when I call and get put on hold with certain businesses I have contacted over the years, (Roger’s, para,) ETC. However, the most annoying person I deal with as far as this is concerned is mom. I hate to say that but often enough, we’ll be in the middle of an important conversation, with me most likely having tried to reach her unsuccessfully before being able to reach her to address it. She will either put me on hold before I can get it out or she will put me on hold to take another call in the middle of the conversation. To make matters worse, it’s usually at the point where something crucial was being said that could perhaps go a long way in solving the problem. Of course, the interval that I’m on hold causes me more stress and I have confronted her on this before telling her that the other person can get a voicemail just as easily as I do. Unfortunately, this does not go well and if she detects stress when she returns to my call, it makes her angry with me. However, a point that I have stood by and still do to this day as it relates to this is that the reason it upsets me is because I feel like only I get voicemails if she’s actively on the other line with someone. Fun fact, 9 times out of 10 when I don’t reach her, it’s because she’s on the other line. She doesn’t tell that person to hold on. She allows my calls to go to voicemail but when it’s me trying to get through to her in the same situation, pretty much with the roles reversed, I will be subject to getting her voicemail. For reasons I would rather not discuss at this point because I’m too tired and I’m sick of talking about this, in a way this proves that I cannot have a girlfriend, (not that I want one,) as I fear if ever she is the one on the phone with mom and I try to call, I will once again get the voicemail which will lead to the same problems I had as a teenager….which I’m sick of discussing at this point. I’ve been discussing the same thing for years and I’ve had it. I’m sure people are as sick of hearing me discuss it as I am of discussing it but the fact is, I cannot and will not have another girlfriend. This in itself is a stress as well and therefore is something I complain about. The question really shouldn’t be “What do you complain about the most?” It should be, “Is there anything on earth you don’t complain about?” to which the short answer would be no. I guess what I’m trying to say is that the shirt I had customized pretty much says it all. I really am “Mommy’s little complainer.”