Family Unsure if Passive Aggressive Man Hates being Called PAM
Kentuckian Jim Ballsinger–brother, son, lover, hootenanny coordinator–recently returned from his daily therapy session in seemingly high spirits. We think.
“Oh, that’s right, the interview thing,” said Jim, apparently caught off guard by our presence. ”No, it’s perfect timing. Really, no problem. I just need to go take a big dump and I’ll be right with you.”
For the next hour, we had a chance to chat with Jim’s family to gain a better perspective on his newly identified social behavior and see how everyone was learning to cope.
“That theruhpiss,” Jim’s mother revealed, “Told us that thuh bes’ way to help Jium was fer hium to hug his–whut?! Waddidu say, Larry?! Oh, squuuze me. Embrace (same thang). She told us to help hium “embrace” his passive angryness. Whut?! Well, why ...