5 I am cold.

Recently with my sensitivity heightened and my constant need for emotional support, I have noticed this one annoying, quite frustrating actually, characteristic about my dad.

It has been quite cold in our house lately.

Growing up in the humid, hot climate area, I have never been good with dealing with the cold.

Recently, my hands and feet became so cold that I have to cover them with gloves and socks. I have to layer on shirts and jackets and hoodies to keep myself warm because my parents, being the typical, Asian parents that they are, do not believe in heaters.

Why waste money on heaters when you can just wear more clothes?

"It's so cold," I complained.

"No, it's not," my dad replied

"But I am cold." I showed him my icy hands as my teeth chattered.

"It's not cold," he replied adamantly.

For some reason, to me, that sounded like "You are not cold."

I mean this conversation, like most of our conversations, were in Korean. So maybe it is due to my broken Korean but I understood it as "You are not cold."

But how does he know that I am not cold?

I am cold. I feel cold. My hands are cold. My feet are cold.

I am shivering. My teeth are chattering.

I am cold.

How is he so adamantly sure that I am not cold, when I am, in fact, cold?

My mom said this is just how my dad is. He wants to be right about everything. Even the temperature of my body and my capability to feel cold or not.

I agree.

Or maybe I am just too sensitive.