How Long Will You Let Your Friends Vent Before You Draw The Line?
By Hart57
@Hart57 (359)
United States
August 30, 2007 2:44pm CST
Will you let your friends (or family)vent their anger and frustrations interminably? Or do you draw a line somewhere? Does there come a point when you feel that it's unfair to you if a friend oversteps their boundaries and is constantly airing out his or her frustrations to you? What are your thoughts?
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@thefortunes (2367)
• Netherlands
30 Aug 07
Hi Hart57, actually today I drew such a line with my GF. She wrote a very lengthy email that made me angry and upset, as she was unkind, and arogant, and most of it didn't make any sense. I wrote back that although my patience has been used and abused by her, she will have to keep her thoughts for 80% for herself from now on if she really cares to continue our friendship.
Sometimes people take your patience and benevolance for granted, which is wrong really, and I think all of us should draw a line sometime, when friends, family or whomever it is abuses our time, patience and forget their good manners ;)
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
2 Sep 07
As long as I can take it. Depending on what they are venting about, I will let them go on and on until when i feel that I am so sick of hearing it, then I will tell them. If its just a one off thing then that is ok with me.
If I don't have time to listen then I cut them off and say sorry, but i don't have time for this because of so and so. There are times where I just can't be bothered and I tell them that I am not in the mood (this usually happens with my neighbor who visits all the time!)
