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On a Sunday morning last February, James Malatras received a cryptic text message from former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. It was one of the few times in roughly three years that they had communicated.  “Now that the dust has settled and the truth is being revealed, I wanted to check in with you and see how you are doing,” Cuomo wrote. “I am sure you will do well, because quality and talent always wins in the end. All the best, Andrew.” The timing of Cuomo’s outreach to Malatras, his former...

Practically every mom I know occasionally daydreams about quitting-doing-all-the-things. Sometimes the impulse is born of exhaustion. Sometimes it's the relentless daily tedium of cleaning, cooking, reminding, over and over and over without end. And sometimes it's the desire for someone else to notice that these things actually need to be done and someone has to actually do it. Even moms who share chores with spouses and kids often find themselves carrying the mental load of figuring out what needs to be done, monitoring whether it's getting done, and organizing who's doing what, and reminding/nagging/harassing her family members until it gets done. Sometimes moms just want to let all of that go and see what happens.That's what a mom who goes by Miss Potkin on Twitter did this week. Channeling the fed-upness of mothers everywhere, she just up and stopped doing household chores to see what would happen. Two days later, she began sharing the saga in a Twitter thread that's as entertaining as it is satsifying. — (@) Letting go and letting your family sit in their own filth until they can't take it anymore takes patience and discipline. There's a reason moms generally do-all-the-things regardless of how cooperative the family is. We don't want to live in a mess. But she stuck to her guns.For a minute, things were looking promising with the garbage being taken out. However, the dishes still remained mysteriously undone. As did the laundry. — (@) "There is a pan on the cooker with a single sausage in it," she wrote. "It's been there for two days. I can't look at it because it's turned the colour of the man that washes up in Cast Away."Oh, and the downstairs bathroom is out of toilet paper. — (@) Those who might feel judgy at this point likely live with people who are naturally neat, or just can't fathom themselves how someone could let a sausage sit for two days. But take it from a mom who let go of policing her kids' bedrooms to see how long it would take them to decide to clean on their own—some human beings are willing to overlook all manner of mess and filth before it becomes too much. And sometimes they have to learn firsthand the amount of extra work such obliviousness leads to. — (@) Hilariously, even though the dishwasher finally did get loaded, that's basically all that happened. Miss Potkin shared a video tour of the kitchen with the extraneous things that didn't get done or got half-done. — (@) Of course, the negative Nancies showed up to voice their judgmental opinions about her experiment, her home, her family, her choice of husband, and everything else because moms literally can't catch a break. It's a silly, fun exercise to make a point that millions of moms can relate to. If it doesn't apply to you, move along, Nance. — (@) "We do not 'live like this,'" she wrote. "This is a lesson in wanting to be heard and respected and not having to repeat yourself when things slip. We're navigating the day-to-day in extraordinary times and for me, the past two days have been funnier than anything else. I think we're all entitled to run our own experiments, be amused, push a situation to its limit if we so choose. No one needs to be lectured by those that have failed to see the silly joy in what's happening here."And the experiment slowly started paying off as someone replaced the toilet paper. — (@) But the dishwasher... — (@) "We keep our homes tidy because love," Miss Potkin wrote. "We cook food and set tables and fill the air with scents of roses and fresh laundry because love. Love is patient but love is also fucking tired because she works 14 hour days." "I know we are ALL tired," she added, "but I am most tired. Me. I AM ALL THE TIRED."All the moms are all the tired. — (@) Miraculously, it only took three days of being completely hands-off for her family to take note and clean the house. — (@) Lesson learned. Mission accomplished. Let's hope it sticks. — (@) Moms are not always the ones who pick up most of the slack in a household, but they usually are. And when that work is taken for granted, it sucks. When everyone in the house pays more attention and takes the initiative to tidy, neaten, clean, replace, launder, put away, etc., moms are less stressed and tired and everyone benefits. If it take up and quitting for a while to help the family see it, so be it. This article originally appeared on 3.19.21

In 2020, an Oregon, Ohio police dispatcher and the daughter of a domestic abuse victim were lauded for their response to a violent situation. Dispatcher Tim Teneyck was manning the phone lines when a curious call came in that he first assumed was a prank."I would like to order a pizza," the 911 caller said, giving a residential address."You called 911 to order a pizza?" a bemused Teneyck asked. "This is the wrong number to call for a pizza." "No, no, no, no, you're not understanding," the woman insisted."I'm getting you now," Teneyck quickly replied. "We'll get 'em going." "Is the other guy still there?" Teneyck asked"I need a large pizza," the woman said. "How about medical, do you need medical?" Teneyck replied. "No," the woman replied. "With pepperoni," the woman continued. "We'll get 'em going," Teneyck stated before asking if the woman can stay on the phone. "No," the woman replied before the call ends. Why This Woman Called 911 to Order Pizza www.youtube.com Teneyck realized she needed emergency assistance because of her persistence. "She stuck right to it," he told Inside Edition. "I knew there was something else going on."The dispatcher told police to go to the house with their sirens off saying "there's domestic violence going on." When police arrived, they saw the call was from a young woman whose mother was assaulted by her boyfriend, Simon Lopez.According to the young woman, Lopez came home drunk saying he was going to "beat her ass" before punching her and throwing her into a wall."I was thinking to myself 'I need to call 911 but how do I get him to stay in the house so he will be taken out in handcuffs' and I just thought, 'Pizza!'" the woman told Inside Edition.Simon Lopez, 56, was arrested by police and charged with misdemeanor domestic violence. Lopez also had a warrant out for failure to appear. "I thank him from the bottom of my heart," the woman said of Teneyck. via Inside Edition / YouTubeThe next day, Oregon Police Chief Mike Navarre praised Teneyck as well."He utilized his training and his experience to recognize that a woman was in distress," Navarre told NBC News. "We have no way of knowing what would have happened if she didn't get through."After the incident, the dispatcher and police chief learned that some support groups teach people to report domestic violence surreptitiously to 911 by pretending to order Chinese food or pizza.When the operator says "you have the wrong number" the person reporting the violence is supposed to say, "no."Navarre is using the call to train other dispatchers on how to realize if someone is in trouble and can't express it in words. "A good dispatcher is going to recognize that this is a person who wants to talk and needs help. That is exactly what happened here," he said. "Some dispatchers might hang up on this person, but it's worth a try to give it your best shot. That's what she did, and it worked out extremely well."To get support, resources, and hope for anyone affected by domestic violence in the U.S. call 1.800.799-SAFE (7233). This article originally appeared on 11.19.20

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