Ricafrente, Vanessa C.

HUMSS-Aristotle

Rational Choice
It’s really hard to choose between the two important things in your life. It’s not about the thing
you will choose. It’s about the consequences of the thing that you’re been chosen. Why do we
always need to choose one and not two or more? Why we do we always stick to one? That’s
because you’ll never know what will happen.

When I was a kid, a disaster came to our house. It really cause a huge damage. For me and my
mom, mentally. My mother and my father’s dad arguing and they starts to throw hurtful and bad
words that I shouldn’t hear. I maybe young but I already know what was the meaning of those
words. My grandfather using illegal buddy. He always coming home high and drunk. Which is
the reason why they always argue.

One day, he went to the bathroom to take a bath. A minute later, he open the door and leave the
bathroom. He walked out with only his underwear. My mom gets mad and they starts to argue.
My mother’s point is we are all girls who always left inside the house so why he have to walk
wearing an underwear only?

My mom holds my hand and she told my father that I’m going with her in the province. My
father wants me to stay with him. I don’t know which of them I will go with.
If I’ll go with my mom, my father will be sad. If I’ll stay with my dad, I’ll miss my mom. If I’ll
go with my mom, where will we get money for our food and needs? My father is our source of
income. But If I’ll stay with my father, who will take care of me when he’s working? I really
don’t know who am I going to choose between my parents. I love them both. And as a kid, I
don’t know what will going to happen if I chose one of them.

Until my parents decided to just leave my grandfather because he’s the only problem here. And
now, my parents are still together. Even though they’re always fighting, they never leave each
other. Even though, small things becoming a big issue in the family, they’re still together. They
believe that separation is not a way to end the argument.
I know, I’m not the only one who experienced that. But that’s how I experienced rational choice.