The Wall Street Journal has an article on how to end friendships. I kinda wanted it to be a funny article, but it isn't really. Mostly just reasonable. Probably written by a lawyer.
Here are some tips:
- Take a deep breath. If you're mad, give yourself time to calm down. You want to be sure you really want to end the friendship.
- Try a temporary separation. You might find you miss each other and want to get back together. Hey, it has worked for married couples.
- Lie. Claim to be super busy—blame work or the kids. The experts are with me on this. They say the time to be up-front and honest with your friends is before a breakup.
- Go slowly, especially if it's a close relationship.
- Foist your unwanted friend on another friend. Friends of mine have used this strategy on me before. (They know who they are.)
- Become a Facebook pest. I have a gay friend who has had much success getting rid of bigoted high school friends by making his status updates as flamboyant and politically charged as possible.
- Issue an ultimatum—but be prepared to lose your friends.
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