When You Friends Treat You Like A Baggage Counter
By diannebcrs
@diannebcrs (1549)
Philippines
July 18, 2007 1:43am CST
i get awfully irritated when my friends leave their bags and some stuff to me when they go to somewhere. and since i'm more on staying inside the school library (wow, i'm such a nerd!), i get to be left behind.
but there are times when i really have to leave but i can't because my friends left their stuff for me to keep an eye on. this happens occassionally - but i don't want my friends to get used to it, leaving their stuff for me to keep an eye on. i mean, their stuff are of their responsibility, not mine, right?
sigh.. i guess i'm the type of person who can easily say yes to my friends.. (they usually turn on their puppy eyes which i usually fall for...)..
or am i just this impatient and irritable?
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3 responses
@imalivewire (16)
• Philippines
18 Jul 07
tell them about it. I think that's the best option. You tell them what you really feel when they do that do you. It never hurts. They may be friends for you, but do you think they feel the same way for you? Maybe yes, but sometimes, you have to argue with your friends, so that they will know what irritates you. Hope this helps :)
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@diannebcrs (1549)
• Philippines
18 Jul 07
that really helps. thanks a lot. i'd probably gather up some nerves before i tell them how i feel about it. i don't want them to get used to leaving their bags for me to keep an eye on. :)
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@imalivewire (16)
• Philippines
18 Jul 07
additional : if they know what irritates you, then that will give them the urge to stop doing the same thing all over again.
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
18 Jul 07
I suppose its ok once in a while but all the time? I would tell them how you are feeling and say "hey, i wont be staying for long so i can't look after your bags" or "hey gals, I need to leave in 10 minutes or whatever time, do you think you can be back before then? if not I am going to leave your bags here ok?" LOL or something along those lines.
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@diannebcrs (1549)
• Philippines
18 Jul 07
oh, hey! that's a brilliant BRILLIANT idea! i could tell them that and then i won't feel guilty of leaving their stuff.. i already warned them, right? :)
thanks a bunch maddysmommy! :)
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@bluishrose (2289)
• Philippines
18 Jul 07
yup happened to me before that lines surely helps. They are scared that their things might be stolen hehehe
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@diannebcrs (1549)
• Philippines
18 Jul 07
oooh.. good. they won't have to complain or have the right to be angry since you've already warned them, right? :)
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@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
18 Jul 07
Friends who treat other so-called "friends" that way really aren't friends at all. Those are the kind of people I do my darndest to avoid. With friends like that one really doesn't need enemies. Friendship should be equal, not a relationship where one "friend" takes advantage of another.
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@diannebcrs (1549)
• Philippines
23 Jul 07
so that's really called taking advantage? hmmm perhaps it's because i let them.. sigh..
