MY TURN
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
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Hello, my name is Pilar
and I’ve been living in democracy with my partner for 10 years now.
President!! President!! President!!
You idiot!
I’m in charge now, you see.
I’m Pol, I’ve been in the opposition for 3 months now.
You see, we don’t like arguing
Arguing it’s not worth it for us.
So when we started living together,
we decided to copy the political decision-making model.
Political rotation is the cornerstone of most leading countries.
Hi!
So we held our very own general elections.
Pilar, 1 vote..
Pol, 1 vote.
After several failed attempts and a lot of frustration,
we decided to split the year in half and take it in turns to rule.
In my 6 months, any rules or decisions about the house are made by me.
I don’t check anything with Pol.
It makes life so much easier. Nothing to argue about…
…a lot of complaining though.
Of course I complain! It’s my job! I’m against all changes.
Like she never complains when I’m in charge…
Are you alright love?
What she decides is common sense, of course!
Daddy’s coming!
Some friends say we’re not going anywhere like this.
That we have no plans for the future.
That we alternate dictatorships.
But they spend most of their time arguing, trying to “agree” on something
with which they’re never 100% satisfied.
On the other hand… we live in bliss…
Half the year.
Well, to be honest, I’m a bit screwed at the moment
Pilar doesn’t smoke,
so I have to go outside every time I fancy a fag.
Three months ago, I had ashtrays even in the shower!
Now that our daughter’s six, we’re back to voting again.
We think it’s very important for her education…
Hey! Hey! Get down! Get down from there, now!
That we think it’s very important for her education
to be part of the decision-making process.
Yeah… The girl, right!
It’s good for our daughter’s education. Now that it’s her turn to decide!
She’s using her power to indoctrinate our daughter.
He’s telling her how to do this and how to do that…all day long.
It’s educating…, he reckons. More like brainwashing, I’d say.
To win her vote.
When you take a stance, that’s it, it’s for life.
All that about getting older and wiser
making you change the way you see things in life…
Bull-shit!
Life’s like football.
You choose your team colours when you’re a kid and it’s for life.
We’re doing well…
In a few months’ time, we’ll be doing even better.
SUBTITLES by Klara Azzi