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snappyturtle

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1. Tough situation. Been there. You did what you could at the time to handle (juggle)

Reply to ellenrr (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2015, 12:27 PM

Nov 2015

your feelings. If, or when, I truly want to be alone (I find myself wanting this more and more as I age), I stay away from places where I could be bothered. That's hard when you have to deny yourself the park, for instance. Maybe if you had said to your friend, "I'm not good company today...and need to be alone" you wouldn't be second guessing yourself.

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what we owe ourselves vs what we owe others [View all] ellenrr Nov 2015 OP

Tough situation. Been there. You did what you could at the time to handle (juggle) snappyturtle Nov 2015 #1

that's good! I didn't think of that. I'm sure he would have understood that. nt ellenrr Nov 2015 #3

That's the problem for me too. I never think of the right thing to say when I need it! snappyturtle Nov 2015 #4

some other responses in a similar situation which I think are very nice ellenrr Nov 2015 #5

I think the second response you got fits your situation... mak3cats Nov 2015 #6

And the more I think of this... mak3cats Nov 2015 #7

that's a very nice feedback. thank you. One of the nicest ellenrr Nov 2015 #8

We can't be everything LiberalElite Nov 2015 #2