Applying a combination of praise and ‘gotta go’ techniques could be the cure to an overzealous well-meaning friend
I have a friend who is constantly pontificating to me and lecturing and criticizing me. She has been doing well for herself lately and I haven’t as much, so she feels superior and is always telling me what I should do and how I should act and what moves I should make when it comes to my career and my love life and basically everything else. We’ve been friends a long time and I don’t want to lose her friendship but I’m getting tired of her lectures.
Lately, it has also come to my attention that the upshot of many a social interactions is: One is judged. Even over the phone, one is judged. And one doesn’t even want to get started on the topic of office politics. Wherever humans gather or interact, there is going to be judgment. Wise words, I now realize. My own reformulation of that statement is: “Everyone should look into their own backyard.”Story continues below advertisement
I suppose some people might suggest you push back in some way, but I don’t see the advantage in that. That’d just cause friction as far as I can imagine.
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