Pardon the language, but this is just too true not to share…
I bet a few of you know just what I’m talking about…
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YES. And I learned from the experience. That’s important I feel.
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Like Mary says, it doesn’t help to keep stepping into the same hole. It’s hard not to, especially for people who have an overdeveloped sense of responsibility, who feel like they have to help everyone, but you really need to set limits.
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I like that one so much, I’ve posted it on my own blog ;) So, YES.
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That’s a particularly succinct way of saying it, isn’t it?
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Absolutely.
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I should have been an asshole when I first met my ex-husband. Just sayin… :-p
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Sometimes you don’t know what you’re in for until you’re deep into it. Then it’s a matter of getting yourself out, which is nowhere near as easy as you think.
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Seriously, I have often thought I should be like some people, because it works. I never want to be “that” person, but there’s a reason why people do jerky things. Not in all scenarios, but in most – give the jerk what they want and be done with it. Get ’em outta here, minimize a scene. There have been times I’ve been short with a person, and then I feel badly, and sometimes go back and apologize.
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Sometimes you need to set a boundary and say, okay, that’s enough, you’re on your own. But, as you say, there’s no reason to be a total jerk about it, unless the person has it coming…
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Boundaries are good. Yes…but even then. I just read Galations 12:17 last night, and where Paul writes we aren’t supposed to repay evil with evil. That was my reminder for the jerk – faces. Not to become jerk-like. Kill ’em w/kindness. :)
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Whoopsy – That would be Romans 12:17.
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You can set boundaries without being nasty about it. It’s vital with people who, if you give them an inch, they’ll take a mile. Those are the kinds of people that would say you were being a jerk.
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I have been in that situation. The next sentence from me always starts with “I don’t want to be a jerk, but…”
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You can only do so much, then they have to take responsibility for themselves.
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The middle way may be best between those two extremes. But who knows where that will lead?
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It’s like a contract. You need to specify what you will and won’t do for the person, and stick to your boundaries. If that makes you an asshole, so be it.
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