snapping, but not like a turtle

There’s a very destructive cycle that wraps around my relationship with bigR. I have obvious and serious anger issues, and often (OK always) snap far too quickly when the little dude is not acting quite right. Trouble is, he snaps just as quickly, which causes me to snap even quicker, which causes him to — see how obvious?

He’s three, he’s temperamental, I understand that. I’m thirty, I’m cranky, I understand that, as well. But that should place me with the advantage, right? I know I’m anger prone and short-tempered, and I understand his stage in life. bigR just knows I’m daddy, and everything I do, he does.

It’s just too bad he’s such an attentive observer and an uncanny imitator.