Personally, well, there’s this friend of mine who is all good and etc., but the moment he launched into the need to build a pipeline for himself and to be financially independent, I really feel like running away, shrieking “No more! No more!”
I guess for my case, if I ever utter “Would you like to playtest my new board game?”, even before I get to the “new” I bet most of my friends have already find the nearest convenient exit, even be it a window.
So what are your Words of Fear that will cause your friends to get away from you?
Cue my urbanite mates recoiling in horror at the thought of spending a weekend in the woodswith the creepy-crawlies, with no mobile reception and only an open fire to cook over.
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“Would you like to playtest my new board game?”,
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You just need some new friends! My group would love it. Seriously, you make board games? That’s neat. Professionally, or as a hobby? ETA: Or, I just realized you could be talking about a new board game you bought. :smack: The word “playtest” suggested that you make them?
When they’re over for a casual weekend and I say “So, who wants to help me cook dinner?” there’s always sudden talk of where we’re going to eat out. One friend in particular runs away whenever I mention when my husband and I are planning on kids. Makes him feel old, he says.
And for my kids, anything I have learned in various therapy and classes over the past year:
“Your brother didn’t ‘make’ you angry, anger is a feeling and your feelings come from you - not him. It’s ok to be angry but it’s not ok to hit your brother with a book.”
“You are not a puppet, nobody is pulling your strings. Your sister is *not * pushing your buttons because you don’t have any buttons to push. She is only annoying you because you are letting her. If she were a complete stranger instead of your sister would you feel the same about how she is acting?”
“You are in charge of you. You are *not * in charge of your brother. If you need to take some quiet time then take it but I have no intention of forcing your brother to stop breathing just because the sound of it annoys you.”
