tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6033971618079152914.post4469913232463432668..comments2023-12-16T14:21:12.836-05:00Comments on Lauren's Thoughts: You Can't Please Everyone...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14407437564246340467noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6033971618079152914.post-24108422081733023172011-02-10T22:45:11.216-05:002011-02-10T22:45:11.216-05:00i had to end a friendship last year with a girl wh...i had to end a friendship last year with a girl who was quite a bully. we'd been friends since high school, and it was a really hard relationship to end. especially because i think she didn't realize the extent to which she was trying to control other people's lives and the mean ways she would speak to people in order to get her way. but she wouldn't recognize it, and she wouldn't change, so i had to say "goodbye." and although it was hard, in the end it was worth it.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14511435494230888483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6033971618079152914.post-48127874113016666742011-02-07T13:55:12.649-05:002011-02-07T13:55:12.649-05:00Tamuna - That's great advice about imagining a...Tamuna - That's great advice about imagining a shield to protect you and thinking of your loved ones. It reminds me of that quote from Dr. Suess... "Those who matter don't mind and those who mind, don't matter."<br /><br />Natalie - I hope I am not a doormat, at least I don't think I am. That's good that you're not letting anyone take advantage of you. It is always good to distance ourselves from people we know aren't good for us.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14407437564246340467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6033971618079152914.post-60692979942829237062011-02-07T13:29:53.747-05:002011-02-07T13:29:53.747-05:00I'm a lot like you actually, or at least I use...I'm a lot like you actually, or at least I used to be... Always trying to please everyone else around me and kind of letting everyone walk all over me. Basically I was a doormat. And it was not fun. :P Now I've kind of changed though, and tried to distance myself from the kind of people that would take advantage of me.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962106717375135503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6033971618079152914.post-48972205410846088302011-02-07T11:28:38.528-05:002011-02-07T11:28:38.528-05:00I have to deal with several bully types of people ...I have to deal with several bully types of people at work on daily basis and I am just like you - very sensitive and emotional towards negativity.<br />I've slowly learned to not let things get to my heart easily - I try to imagine a wall that shields me from negative people and remind myself that I have people who love and appreciate me. That's all that matters and it's their opinions and thoughts of me that count...<br /><br />xx<br />TamunaTamunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668363759802632819noreply@blogger.com