So here’s a thing

On Easter my family decided to have a game night 

Two things:
1) I’m very tired from not only baking/cooking stuff but also having to interact with a bunch of people for a long period of time
2) I don’t really understand the rules of rummy 21 because (see #1) I’m tired and wasn’t paying 100% attention

So we play a few rounds and it’s my turn and I attempt to make a play but! I forget that I have to put down 21 points on the board before I can so plan A goes out the window

Now I’m feeling a bit embarrassed for being called out on my mistake by the entire group for not understanding the rules
But then suddenly 5 different people are all trying to “hint”/“help” me on what I should do all at the same time but being vague enough to make it sound like I’m being the biggest idiot in the world for not seeing the obvious move right in front of my nose

Let’s do some math here

Tired + Out of energy/patience + don’t even like the game or understand its rules + being overwhelmed by everyone talking and teasing at once = emotional overload

I start crying

Which makes the teasing worse because they still won’t shut up and let me think for a second and now I’m embarrassed because I’m crying like a child which makes my cry MORE

Eventually I make the move they were hinting too through my tears but like, I’m not the fastest gamer when I don’t 100% understand the game. I will take my time and think through all of my options so eventually I would’ve made the best move and a lot faster if all my enemies weren’t trying to “help” (because we’re competing in this game against each other why would i ever trust your help if we’re not on a team???)

Anyway the kicker is the next day when my dad lectures me on how I need to keep a better handle on my emotions and how I can’t just “turtle” (aka have a meltdown) like that because what if I did that outside of family?
And I’m like bitch the last time I cried was 3 months ago and that wouldn’t have happened if I was with friends because they wouldn’t emotionally guilt trip me into playing a game I don’t like or want to play because “family” and they certainly wouldn’t tease me for being such an idiot and not seeing an obvious move right away!
Thanks so much for the healthy emotional support, family game night is so much fun