Help! My Friend Doesn't Want Me To Go Back To Work
By ljs199
@ljs199 (38)
United States
December 16, 2006 11:11am CST
I am currently a SAHM (stay-at-home-mom), but in a few years my kids will be entering high school. I plan to go back to work full-time at that time. My best friend has no children but she's disabled so she has to stay at home. When I mentioned to her that I would be going back to work in a few years she just fell apart. What can I do to help her get used to the idea that I will be returning to the workforce and to help her understand that just because I will work doesn't mean our friendship will end.
3 responses
@nithinchinni (2307)
• India
18 Dec 06
just tell her at the time when you are going to join......a few weeks before
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@DiosaMorada (115)
• United States
16 Dec 06
What a tough one! Could you possibly find a way for her to get involved in something else where she might meet more people, whether it be online or not? Even if you plan on hanging out after you get a job, she won't and she will have even more time to ponder over how lonely she is (maybe a little harsh, but you get what I mean, right?). If anything, it would give her something to share with you when you hang out, because you know you will want to talk about work, and she will want to have nothing to do with it unless she has something to share, too.
Just my 2 cents.
@DiosaMorada (115)
• United States
19 Dec 06
I hoe that really does help. Let me know how it turns out. If you need suggestions of things she can get into, we can look together to find something for her.
