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<blockquote data-quote="JaneBetty" data-source="post: 705604" data-attributes="member: 20814"><p>"I have another resolution: I'm going to stop talking about my son to my friends unless they specifically ask. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> I was going on about the situation yesterday with a coworker/friend and it suddenly became very clear she couldn't possibly care less. It hurt me. But then, I tend to forget that some people you consider friends don't really feel the way you think they do. Nevertheless...maybe I'm just boring people with my crappy life, so I'm going to stop."</p><p></p><p>Lil, that sounds like a pretty painful situation to have experienced. </p><p></p><p>Sometimes I have the hardest time remembering that other people might have awfulness in their lives too.</p><p></p><p>I have learned the hard way to be selective about who to open up with about the struggles in my family. </p><p></p><p>I just don't think most people want to know. </p><p></p><p>In a way, it is freeing to realize that other people are as involved in their own little dramas as I am involved in my own. It makes my problems somehow insignificant, in a comforting kind of way.</p><p></p><p>Still, you opened up to your friend and were shut down and that hurts.</p><p></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/notalone.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":notalone:" title="notalone :notalone:" data-shortname=":notalone:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JaneBetty, post: 705604, member: 20814"] "I have another resolution: I'm going to stop talking about my son to my friends unless they specifically ask. :( I was going on about the situation yesterday with a coworker/friend and it suddenly became very clear she couldn't possibly care less. It hurt me. But then, I tend to forget that some people you consider friends don't really feel the way you think they do. Nevertheless...maybe I'm just boring people with my crappy life, so I'm going to stop." Lil, that sounds like a pretty painful situation to have experienced. Sometimes I have the hardest time remembering that other people might have awfulness in their lives too. I have learned the hard way to be selective about who to open up with about the struggles in my family. I just don't think most people want to know. In a way, it is freeing to realize that other people are as involved in their own little dramas as I am involved in my own. It makes my problems somehow insignificant, in a comforting kind of way. Still, you opened up to your friend and were shut down and that hurts. :notalone: [/QUOTE]
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