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.
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.”
