Under the Rug
Melissa Ayala
| July 30, 2010
I know you've seen it, those times on TV when a character has to clean their room and the just shove all their dirty clothes and messes under the bed or the closet. I even saw a cartoon once where they put a pile under the rug and it magically was hidden, no lump or bump in the rug it just seemed to have disappeared.
If you can't see it, is it gone?
As much as we wish we could have these magical "under the rug" moments, we all know the answer is-- no. So, why do we like to act like that in real life, with our feelings, in situations, or with people we love?
Simple answer, it is just easier to pretend that something is not there than dealing with the problem.
We've all been there, in an argument where we know we've done wrong or said too much, but I say, instead of just shoving it "under the rug" let's just deal with it and have it behind us. Otherwise, we all know the lump will eventually show in the rug and as Ricky says in "I Love Lucy," you'll "have some splainin to do!"
If you can't see it, is it gone?
As much as we wish we could have these magical "under the rug" moments, we all know the answer is-- no. So, why do we like to act like that in real life, with our feelings, in situations, or with people we love?
Simple answer, it is just easier to pretend that something is not there than dealing with the problem.
We've all been there, in an argument where we know we've done wrong or said too much, but I say, instead of just shoving it "under the rug" let's just deal with it and have it behind us. Otherwise, we all know the lump will eventually show in the rug and as Ricky says in "I Love Lucy," you'll "have some splainin to do!"
Melissa is an intern for Zetify and a jouralism major at UT