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Need help with saying no to someone while not falling out

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  • mrcow
    mrcow Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    jellyhead wrote: »

    Actually that's not true - that's what I'd like to do but in reality I am a doormat, and would do as I was told until September, and then probably be railroaded into carrying on with it long after my own child had left :o

    True for many. Which is why "no" is such a powerful word. Once you've used it once, subsequent "no's" come a lot more easily.

    And it makes people appreciate your "yes's" more as well.

    (Sorry about misuse of apostrophes. It just didn't look right without them?!)
    "One day I realised that when you are lying in your grave, it's no good saying, "I was too shy, too frightened."
    Because by then you've blown your chances. That's it."
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