I hear story after story of people who don’t talk to people who used to be friends of theirs or even don’t talk to relatives, like cousins and sisters-in-law. But one story I heard lately in one of my question-and-answer sessions was slightly different. This woman, let’s call her Cindy, had a cousin she still talked to, but it had deteriorated to exchanging recipes. Why? Because of political differences. But Cindy wants more. She wants an authentic relationship where she and her cousin can be their whole selves, but her cousin put up a wall and isn’t open to anything else. Why did the cousin do that? Perhaps because of all the attempts that Cindy had made to try to convince her cousin that she was wrong. She listed the techniques that she’d tried, even some stuff that I am recommending. Nothing worked and she was frustrated. And her cousin had shut her out — mostly.
I want a real relationship
I want a real relationship
I want a real relationship
I hear story after story of people who don’t talk to people who used to be friends of theirs or even don’t talk to relatives, like cousins and sisters-in-law. But one story I heard lately in one of my question-and-answer sessions was slightly different. This woman, let’s call her Cindy, had a cousin she still talked to, but it had deteriorated to exchanging recipes. Why? Because of political differences. But Cindy wants more. She wants an authentic relationship where she and her cousin can be their whole selves, but her cousin put up a wall and isn’t open to anything else. Why did the cousin do that? Perhaps because of all the attempts that Cindy had made to try to convince her cousin that she was wrong. She listed the techniques that she’d tried, even some stuff that I am recommending. Nothing worked and she was frustrated. And her cousin had shut her out — mostly.