Person 1:
When you call and ask what I'm doing & I tell you I'm trying to sleep because I feel horrid - PLEASE take that as a hint that I am not in a mood to have a 20 minute conversation with you. Either get off the phone or don't get pissy when I hang up on you next time. And no, I haven't finished getting your taxes together yet, since I only started them yesterday. Which I told you yesterday that I was working on them & since you had not organized one. single. thing. from last year ~ I told you it would take H O U R S. And it has. I'm still not completely done.
It will go much faster next time if you don't throw all your junk mail in the box with every single receipt, bill, and bank statement you've gotten in 12 months. I'm just sayin'.
Person 2:
I go out of my way not to spend extended lengths of time with you because you are never kind to me, my husband or our child. BUT. We bought the tickets to the Disney/Little Einstein concert because my daughter adores that show - you told me it was stupid to take her since she was so little (I never asked your opinion). When we couldn't make it to the show you were offered our 3 tickets plus the set we purchased for the grandparents to go with us (why be petty & let $150 in tickets go to waste - I overnighted them to you). You never once said "Thank you", you never once called to tell us how it was, it never once occured to send my child a toy from the show - nothing to show your appreciation for passing on something that we were unable to use - but GREATLY wanted. Well that will never happen again. You gave my child an obviously re-gifted Christmas present (1 month late with a note to your youngest child slipped in the box), you have never once said that your kids even like the presents I've picked out for them over the last 7 years, you never returned the newborn clothes I sent for you to borrow & never thanked me for them. I'm done with you. We'll send your children "family" Christmas presents - but I'm done with you & your inconsideration for my family. You can treat my husband & I like crap ~ but you won't do that to my daughter.
WHEW ~ I feel better now. I may not be able to actually "say" all those things in real life ~ but saying them here at least gets them out of my head!
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Good for you on both counts, but esp on Person 2. I had someone like that in my life that for whatever reason I felt obligated to for far too long. It was such a relief to let that go.
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