One of the absolute worse situations is the argument in the other room.
I was in my twenties with my oldest child around 1 or 2 maybe. My (then) husband, myself and my sister in law had gone to Fl to visit their dad. During the night their dad and my sister in law were arguing very loudly. He was intoxicated, my husband was passed out. I was trying to keep my son from waking up and continue to pretend we were still asleep, but my son started crying. I was trying to get him quiet before the dad heard him, but didn't work and the dad came in to get my son, so, of course, I got up with him to take care of him. It sticks with me because I felt like a child hiding from the yelling.
Another time that really sticks with me, was I was babysitting for my son and knew it would be a late night, but if I'm still awake when they get home, I come home. My son and his wife (who he had discovered cheating on him) were in a real screaming match. I laid there wishing I could go home, needing to go to the bathroom but didn't want them to know I was awake and literally laid there half the night afraid to budge.
Anyone else experience this much discomfort when other's argue?
I was in my twenties with my oldest child around 1 or 2 maybe. My (then) husband, myself and my sister in law had gone to Fl to visit their dad. During the night their dad and my sister in law were arguing very loudly. He was intoxicated, my husband was passed out. I was trying to keep my son from waking up and continue to pretend we were still asleep, but my son started crying. I was trying to get him quiet before the dad heard him, but didn't work and the dad came in to get my son, so, of course, I got up with him to take care of him. It sticks with me because I felt like a child hiding from the yelling.
Another time that really sticks with me, was I was babysitting for my son and knew it would be a late night, but if I'm still awake when they get home, I come home. My son and his wife (who he had discovered cheating on him) were in a real screaming match. I laid there wishing I could go home, needing to go to the bathroom but didn't want them to know I was awake and literally laid there half the night afraid to budge.
Anyone else experience this much discomfort when other's argue?