At my workplace there is an air of negativity amongst a few people. As soon as I see them it feels like a toxic spray. Hmmmmm. Next time I'll try that, talk to them & then pretend I have to go. The atmosphere is really toxic at times
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Either get away from them, get them away from you, or be upfront with them and tell them you don't want to listen to any of their negative shlt any more !!!
At my workplace there is an air of negativity amongst a few people. As soon as I see them it feels like a toxic spray. Hmmmmm. Next time I'll try that, talk to them & then pretend I have to go. The atmosphere is really toxic at times
That said, if the person is both miserable and vacuous... darn.
I have a "friend" who annoys the crap out of me, but I know if I tell her what I feel that will hurt her, and I don't want to do that. So I minimise the contact I have, withdrawing without being obvious, letting her call me. She is no fool and I know that she realises what is happening.
I find it very difficult to even have a phone call with her because I'm on edge, careful what I say. I hate it.
She is the most private of people but we've known each other for so long that she has told me things that she wouldn't have told other people. But for such a private, guarded person, she asks the most personal of stuff of me, and of others. I cringe when I hear some of the things she has asked people but she gets huffy and offended if the most banal question about her past or present is asked of her.
My dilemma is how to limit this contact without offending her, and one day I'll just explode and say exactly what I think, and that will be the end of it.
If she is so up front to you, then she would expect the same from you.
I would told her straight up what you think if this is a "friend"
Don't explode Lizzie...wait until (if ever) she asks you why you are avoiding her.I have a "friend" who annoys the crap out of me, but I know if I tell her what I feel that will hurt her, and I don't want to do that. So I minimise the contact I have, withdrawing without being obvious, letting her call me. She is no fool and I know that she realises what is happening.
I find it very difficult to even have a phone call with her because I'm on edge, careful what I say. I hate it.
She is the most private of people but we've known each other for so long that she has told me things that she wouldn't have told other people. But for such a private, guarded person, she asks the most personal of stuff of me, and of others. I cringe when I hear some of the things she has asked people but she gets huffy and offended if the most banal question about her past or present is asked of her.
My dilemma is how to limit this contact without offending her, and one day I'll just explode and say exactly what I think, and that will be the end of it.
Don't explode Lizzie...wait until (if ever) she asks you why you are avoiding her.
Most people get the message eventually that they are not the flavour of the month when you don't respond to emails/phone calls etc, or indeed stop initiating contact of your own.
Is this a "woman" thing, or do men also use this "stop initiating contact" thing too?
Everyone does it.Is this a "woman" thing, or do men also use this "stop initiating contact" thing too?
Not Lizzie... it is me with this little problem.