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When you just cant have a relationship with somebody
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 711929" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I have a relative like this. We are just so different. Sobriety on the other person's part has added more tolerance. Probably more tolerance on both parts as I really do NOT like inebriated people being around my children. I just don't trust them even if everyone else tries to assure me they won't harm anyone. They are just too unpredictable, esp that particular drunk person. Mostly I am just the complete opposite of this person and once our immediate relatives are no longer alive, I doubt we will have much to do with each other. I don't hate this person, I just don't have anything to say to him. No friends in common, no likes in common, not even favorite foods in common. All it takes to start an argument is for me to say I like something and this person instantly will say ten things wrong with it and how it is destroying the universe. </p><p></p><p>I wish that were an overstatement. It is not. It has been that way since I was a child. I mostly say the most boring and bland of things. I have stopped having panic attacks before seeing this person, which I did for a couple of years. Mostly because I decided that it was just way too over the top to give that much power away. Now I even hug the person. I don't go into specifics of anything though. Not ever. Boy do I get yelled at for that. I just smile and say something nonspecific. </p><p></p><p>It drives this person up the ever loving wall. </p><p></p><p>I must confess that I do the smile and non specifics simply because it drives this person up the wall. </p><p></p><p>My father sees this and smiles at me every single time. He knows. He taught me to be this type of person. </p><p></p><p>I think he now regrets it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 711929, member: 1233"] I have a relative like this. We are just so different. Sobriety on the other person's part has added more tolerance. Probably more tolerance on both parts as I really do NOT like inebriated people being around my children. I just don't trust them even if everyone else tries to assure me they won't harm anyone. They are just too unpredictable, esp that particular drunk person. Mostly I am just the complete opposite of this person and once our immediate relatives are no longer alive, I doubt we will have much to do with each other. I don't hate this person, I just don't have anything to say to him. No friends in common, no likes in common, not even favorite foods in common. All it takes to start an argument is for me to say I like something and this person instantly will say ten things wrong with it and how it is destroying the universe. I wish that were an overstatement. It is not. It has been that way since I was a child. I mostly say the most boring and bland of things. I have stopped having panic attacks before seeing this person, which I did for a couple of years. Mostly because I decided that it was just way too over the top to give that much power away. Now I even hug the person. I don't go into specifics of anything though. Not ever. Boy do I get yelled at for that. I just smile and say something nonspecific. It drives this person up the ever loving wall. I must confess that I do the smile and non specifics simply because it drives this person up the wall. My father sees this and smiles at me every single time. He knows. He taught me to be this type of person. I think he now regrets it. [/QUOTE]
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