“When I look back now, the broom exists almost as shorthand for our issues, how he seemed to expect constant accommodation, for me to attend to his needs before all else, no matter how much I had to do,” writes claire_lampen
You shouldn’t have. Photo: Getty Images Brooms are not an easy thing to disguise: You know right away what you’re getting, unless the gifter went so far as to procure a very long box. My boyfriend — now an ex — did not put in that kind of effort. He just grabbed one from the bodega, wrapped it in Christmas paper, and presented it to me with not enough irony.
I cannot fault him for wanting to spend time in a clean environment, though I did take issue with the timing. If he had just grabbed me a broom one day and deposited it wordlessly in the corner with the Swiffer, I likely would’ve appreciated it. I likely would’ve interpreted it as a thoughtful gesture performed without expectation of acknowledgment or praise, and looked on gladly as the man swept his little heart out.
In that context, the lap desk felt like a step forward — an effort to make my life a little more comfortable, and acknowledgement that, currently, it was not. But then you throw the broom in there and it’s two steps back: Why muddy the kind gesture with a subtle reminder that still there were areas in which I could improve, and now I had no excuse not to do better?
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