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<blockquote data-quote="Echolette" data-source="post: 648277" data-attributes="member: 17269"><p>I practice this one in social settings...for years I said yes to every invitation, no matter how I felt about it..it seemed I didn't have a right, in my own eyes, to have my own time in my own way. Then I started saying no with a long apologetic explanation...and then I read (Miss Manners, believe it or not, I LOVE her) who said...Do not offer an explanation. You don't have to, and it puts the receiver in the position of knowing they were weighed and found lacking....just say..oh, no, I can't! I 'that doesn't work for me' Or 'I;m not able to do that'. Thats it. And revel in the sense of adult responsbility for your own life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Echolette, post: 648277, member: 17269"] I practice this one in social settings...for years I said yes to every invitation, no matter how I felt about it..it seemed I didn't have a right, in my own eyes, to have my own time in my own way. Then I started saying no with a long apologetic explanation...and then I read (Miss Manners, believe it or not, I LOVE her) who said...Do not offer an explanation. You don't have to, and it puts the receiver in the position of knowing they were weighed and found lacking....just say..oh, no, I can't! I 'that doesn't work for me' Or 'I;m not able to do that'. Thats it. And revel in the sense of adult responsbility for your own life. [/QUOTE]
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