why women are 'bossy'...

I'm a pretty laid-back, easy-going, go-with-the-flow type of girl. It's almost a problem when it comes to making Saturday night plans with me. I'm usually cool with going anywhere, doing anything --- as long as I've got an outfit for it!

But at home? My family says I can be a little bossy - ok really bossy. Especially around my brothers. And I'll admit, I probably do sound like a nag.

But is it my fault?

It's just that if I don't tell my brothers to do something, they simply won't get it done. Girls - you know what I'm talking about right?

My brothers will often leave their socks/clothes/boxers (eww) on my bathroom floor after they take a shower. If I never nagged them about it - we would probably have enough clothes on the floor to start our own Gap franchise.

If I don't tell them what to do - repeatedly (they never seem to quite get it the first time, and they seem to only respond once my voice hits mad woman pitch) - then I know not to expect results. I may as well do it myself. But I do enough around the house and sometimes it isn't enough and I need help.

Wow - I think I'm starting to sound like my mother.

Ok, I'll concede that there are just certain things I hate doing - washing dishes, taking out the garbage - I'd rather just delegate!

And every Shabbos, it's the same story. The guys mysteriously and quietly leave the table so that they can avoid having to clear. They think they're smart. I used to throw hissy fits over this. But I'm smarter now - I'm the one that mysteriously and quietly leaves the table!