Have you ever felt like a welcome mat?

Well I used to feel like this with my ex husband a lot but since I left him 13 years ago I can't say I have felt that way! I guess I am very lucky! I wish I were closer I would give those who make you feel that way a right telling off for you! xxx

There are always going to be people in our lives, virtual and real who are going to walk on us - or think they are. What we have to do is hold onto to who we know we are inside and hope that one day those people will come to appreciate that person instead of the person they perceive us to be. It's not easy, and it means swallowing a lot of crap from people, but in the end it's what we think of ourselves that matters more than what others think of us. So no, you don't have to be a welcome mat. You just have to learn how to say no without pissing people off. And when you figure out how to do that, could you share it me please? lol

Yes Bella I have been many a time and sometimes I still am But it is my own fault for letting People do it to me I guess I sometimes wish I could just tell them to go away but I can't so I let them walk all over me like a mat

I do have those days as well, especially when some smart-a@@ed friends of my good-for-nothing sister-in-law comes here. They don't even give respect, they only enter the house as if they don't see anyone. Haven't done anything about it, we're not really in good terms ever since she walked here just like what her family and friends did and still been doing..

yes. Some days it seems like everyone and everyone visits me all at once. It can be tiring but I just go along with it. They are people that I am glad to see and it's just how the day worked out. I just chalk it up to a day when I'm not going to accomplish much of anything but then again...i actually did. I got time that I don't often have with people I love. There is always tomorrow. If it happened everyday, I would have to find a polite way to say something. I do have things I have to do besides sit and be sociable.

It used to be like that for me. I now live almost 500 miles away so it cannot be possible for everyone to impose on me like they used to. Judy can do it, was the response given. So now that live away from the family it is not so much on my shoulders. I never allow anyone to take advantage anymore. I used to be the easy prey but, when I caught on to their game I readily dismissed myself from allowing it to happen ever again. I choose friends wisely, and let my family know I cannot always be the one depended upon any more.