When A Relative Tries To Force A Relationship With You
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Has this ever happened to you? Whether it's someone you just don't have anything in common with or someone who is manipulative or even someone who is toxic, what is the best way to handle the situation. Is it wrong to not want to be around certain relatives?
It hasn't happened to me but you don't have to let people take advantage of any kind of relationship they might have with you.
I've had a few distant relatives send me requests to be Facebook friends, and it used to really upset me. After all, I've met these people maybe twice in my life and hadn't seen them for twenty years. What right do they have knowing any of my business? But as I got older and mellowed out, I realized that it's no big deal. I don't have to write to them or call them or invite them to my home. And if something I say online offends them, who cares?
I have also had toxic family members, and I cut them out of my life like a cancer. Just server all communication, and if you do run into them at a wedding or a funeral, be civil but aloof.
Has this ever happened to you? Whether it's someone you just don't have anything in common with or someone who is manipulative or even someone who is toxic, what is the best way to handle the situation. Is it wrong to not want to be around certain relatives?
They just want you for your employee discount at Walmart.
Has this ever happened to you? Whether it's someone you just don't have anything in common with or someone who is manipulative or even someone who is toxic, what is the best way to handle the situation. Is it wrong to not want to be around certain relatives?
It's been my observation over many years that those trying to force a relationship with me had an agenda running, and were looking to make use of me in some way they were not being honest about. If the relationship does not spark naturally between you and grow on it's own it cannot be forced into being.
Those trying to force a relationship have something to gain by it, perhaps at your expense. Beware.
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