ah, nuts

The other day, I was laying on the couch while playing a game on my phone. Milo had gotten up on the back of the couch and was walking around up there. I paid him no attention since he does this all the time. And then it happened. Something caught his attention, he jumped, and two nuts were crushed.

I was not happy. Zailey was excited by the commotion and came over to console me by licking my arm. Milo was distracted from whatever had drawn his attention in the first place to come see why I was upset. I pushed him down a couple of times as I tried to console the boys. It took a while for them to quit throbbing and it took just as long for me to settle my temper.

There are other ways that I get my balls busted. I've suffered some verbal abuse from people that are a little over critical of my work (and some people who are just trying to take other people down a peg). I just have to do the same thing as a physical blow; wait out the pain and seek comfort from my companions. The pain goes away sooner or later.

One tool that I've found very effective is to write a response to whoever has busted my balls. When I am finished, instead of sending the response, I just delete it. I get the same satisfaction of writing the response without any of the repercussions (like another scathing note from the ball buster).

Milo or some faceless worm on the internet can crack nuts. I feel like I am pretty good at fighting through the pain and continuing on. How do you deal with ball busters?