See now, this is a funny story. Well, it didn’t feel funny at the time, I felt awful, but looking back on it, I am one pathetic person!
So my day started off really good, had my training at work which was really good. Got along really well with the other people in my induction so I felt good. Like really good, I was on such a buzz and was feeling great.
I was having a good time at my new job, me and my mum were getting along really well (which is very rare) and I was seeing my sisters loads! Which I love as they are the cutest little munchkins. Plus, I was absolutely buzzing as I was getting a pet fish.
Now I love animals, all animals. Like literally adore them. Plus, I thought that if I got a pet, it would give me something to focus on and animals always help mental health. I don’t care what anyone says. They just know. Little did I know how much stress this was going to cause me.
So, my mum, my three little sisters and my mums boyfriend picked me up from my granddads house around 4 and off to pets at home we went. My mum was going to get a rabbit.
Pets at home was a good 30 minutes away so we had a little karaoke session all singing our hearts out thinking we could win Xfactor. My mums boyfriend must have gone deaf.
We got to pets at home, and mum and the girls were looking at the rabbits and having a cuddle with them, so I went and looked at the fish and the fish tanks and I was speaking to a guy who worked there and what he said to me completely set me off. God knows why.
He said ‘I’m sorry, but you won’t be able to take a fish home today as you have to let the water settle for 48 hours before you can put the fish in there’.
Baring in mind that’s all he said right. I didn’t quite understand this though as I only wanted a goldfish. Fair enough if I was to buy tropical or marine fish, I’d understand. But not for a goldfish that’s going to be dead in a month anyway. Well, you know what I mean. What happened to the days where you’d play hook a duck at the fair and win a fish?
Anyway, so I went over to my mum right, told her the situation and broke down. When I say broke down I mean I literally stood in the middle of pets at home crying my eyes out because I couldn’t get a fish. A bloody fish. I soon came up with a solution and thought I’ll get a hamster instead. So I rang my boyfriend, I asked him if we could have a hamster and low and behold he said no. Of course he said no, he wasn’t even happy with me getting fish, let alone a noisy annoying hamster. Can you tell I never really wanted one?
So this then caused a huge argument between me and my boyfriend. I mean, I literally kicked off so much over text. I told him that he was boring and never wanted anything I wanted. I was horrible to him. God knows why he’s with me! We literally argued for like 2 hours. This then really annoyed me so what did I then do, kick off at my little sister.
By this point, mum was getting a hamster as she wasn’t allowed to have a rabbit because:
1)You had to buy them in pairs
2) they told her that her hutch wasn’t big enough.
Now for some bizarre reason , this really annoyed me to the point where I stood outside pets at home crying my eyes out looking like a right idiot. Now keep in mind this was all over a fish.
I didn’t speak to my mum the whole way home and even got into a physical fight with my 13 year old sister. When I say physics I mean she pulled my hair and I threw something at her. Don’t want the judgmental people thinking I’m some crazy mental case that abuses people!
I was actually heartbroken and so angry. I didn’t know what to do with myself. Why I got so worked up I don’t know but it just goes to show how having mental health disorders can cause you to think the world is coming to an end over the littlest thing.
Now, I have 2 beautiful fish, from a different pet shop, called Dr Dre and Swim Shady. I love them and couldn’t be happier!
Don’t worry, me and my boyfriend didn’t break up! At least, not until I want another pet!
I hope this either made you laugh or make you think I’m crazy!
Xxx
Living under the umbrella of mental health 