What makes you #Stressed?

The Tech Monkey's Health teacher assigned him to interview three adults about what causes stress in their lives. After much deliberation Techie decided that I qualified as an adult. I am not sure why It did not occur to him immediately that I am an adult but he asked if he could go interview the neighbors. I inquired as to why he wanted to interview our neighbors and what questions he wanted to as them. Mind you it was 3 in the afternoon and all our neighbors except Mr Gary are at work still. Techie informs me that he needs to interview some adults about stress. "Really?" I ask him " Are you not allowed to interview your parents?"

"Oh Yeah." He says at it dawns on him that I qualify as an adult " I can interview you while I wait for the other adults to get home." So now I am aware that when the word adult comes up I do not flash into my sons brain as fitting into that group. I am not sure if it is just because I am in the Mom group or if there is a deeper assassination of my behavior going on here. But I hold my tongue because I am curious about this assignment.

"Okay Mom First question. What causes you stress?" The fact that he asks me this question makes me forget all about that fact that I am not a first choice adult and sends me to crazy town on the crap he does that makes me nuts. " Well, I begin, unflushed toilets, dirty socks left in the living room, kids who do not put away their laundry, kids who put their clean laundry in the hamper rather than put it away..."


At this point he interrupts me " MOM! That is not what they are talking about. And besides I only need three things."
"Okay so what do you think they are asking about?"
" You know like jobs and stuff .."
" Okay, I get stressed at work, I get stressed out by Family situations, and of course money."
" Next question," he says as he finishes writing down my approved answer," How do you know when you are stressed?"
Again I am on the bus to crazy town..." I guess when I have to yell at you for the 50th time to please FLUSH the toilet, I know I am stressed." Really did he think I was going to just forget the toilet thing?
" I'll just put down that you yell. Next question, What do you do to relieve stress?"
" I could get new kids." For this I get the look. Techie has learned to cock one eye brow and it now the look he gives me when I am not behaving as he would wish. The cocked eyebrow usually comes with the phrase  "MOM you are supposed to / not supposed to what ever" So since I am getting the look I decide I best play along. " I usually exercise, go for a walk or go to the gym. I like to get massages too." He is writing furiously so I guess I have again hit on an approved answer.
" Okay" he says finishing his writing," I just need Dad now. NICE he knows Agent Daddy is an adult but I am just mom.  Strangely enough, when Agent Daddy gets home he gives the same "approved " answers as I did but with out the prompting I apparently needed. So I am dense and a fall back adult. I mean REALLY they didn't ask for a RESPONSIBLE ADULT only an Adult. I really should have been thought of BEFORE Mr Gary. And how is unflushed toilets causing me stress not an appropriate response?