9. Others will want to offload their problems on you, even strangers: An empath
can become a dumping ground for everyone else’s issues and problems, which, if
they’re not careful can end up as their own.
Have you ever met someone in the grocery store and talked with them a little bit, out of kindness or friendly-ness and you start kicking yourself because they continually miss the cues that the conversation is over?
Happens to me. All. The. Time.
And then I get the hand on my elbow, "You're so easy to talk to!" at which point I'm about to gnaw off said arm to get AWAY!
I, yet again, have to be careful because if I don't let them get to me, I'll want to help them and they'll eventually take advantage of me. Still I don't want to come across as uncaring or snobby, or rude.
This is also a lot of why I don't care to attend "free" things in our area. Our county is one of the poorest in the state and we're one of (if not the) largest county in lower Michigan. A lot of people attend these events and the more people means a bigger drain for me.
That said - my friends, my family, I don't mind listening or helping any of you, at all, ever. I don't mind the emails about ghosts in the bathroom or the 'what does (this) mean" notes, or the "you gotta hear this" stuff. You all have proven (maybe by not even knowing you have) your worth or shown me my benefit of having you in my life. Please don't take offense.
Oh, that's good you don't mind if I unload on you because I've been meaning to tell you....remember the bird in the house??? HE CAME BACK!! (and it gets better)
ReplyDeleteThis weekend, while Collin was gone, he came back in through the fan. When Collin came home on Sunday he went in there and together we got him out...again...the light fixture was off and Collin took the potato sack (what we used to remove him) outside to let him free - the boys stood in the window and watched him fly away. Collin cleaned the light fixture, went back to put the bathroom back together and I heard he yell, Ahh! That little f*cker flew away and CAME RIGHT BACK INTO OUR HOUSE!!! But this time there was nothing to trap him so he was flying around the bathroom. I am not kidding you!! (It was a sparrow)