One of the bigger problems that I have growing up was in the conflict with my dad.

You can attribute that to partly adolescent insolence and immaturity but there were a lot of cases that he mistook that I refused to carry out some chore because I was lazy.

Some times I was lazy, but a lot of times… I really do not know how to do that thing!

Like how to wash the clothes when the washing machine is just stting there for me to use? The reason why I procastinate to do it, or refuse to do it was because… the washing machine does not come with a user manual.

I do not know how to use it.

The problem is I did not tell him I do not know how to do it, and he assumed that I know.

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