http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/why-should-i-have-to-make-excuses/ Advice for Dying and Death - When Sympathy Isnt Enough Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:13:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/why-should-i-have-to-make-excuses/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Lee Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:19:37 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/wordpress/advice/why-should-i-have-to-make-excuses/#comment-81 No one feels comfortable around a person who behaves as though he's hiding something. It feels shifty and sneaky. Without going into detail, you could say something vague like: I react badly to hospitals. Or: I have a thing about deathbeds -- or I get really upset when I go to visit people in hospices. Your defensive behavior doesn't exactly you to people -- and unless you're more open about your life and your emotions you're likely to find yourself with few friends wherever you go. No one feels comfortable around a person who behaves as though he’s hiding something. It feels shifty and sneaky. Without going into detail, you could say something vague like: I react badly to hospitals. Or: I have a thing about deathbeds — or I get really upset when I go to visit people in hospices. Your defensive behavior doesn’t exactly you to people — and unless you’re more open about your life and your emotions you’re likely to find yourself with few friends wherever you go.

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/why-should-i-have-to-make-excuses/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Geoff Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:06:28 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/wordpress/advice/why-should-i-have-to-make-excuses/#comment-80 You are doing yourself and fellow AIDS sufferers a big disservice by being so secretive. Imagine its diabetes. You can run but you cannot hide. You are doing yourself and fellow AIDS sufferers a big disservice by being so secretive. Imagine its diabetes. You can run but you cannot hide.

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/why-should-i-have-to-make-excuses/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Fran Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:44:12 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/wordpress/advice/why-should-i-have-to-make-excuses/#comment-79 Its amazing how people always need to know everything. I mean, they know you are freinds, right? So there must be a reason you are not there, right? Do they need to know what it is? I think not!!! Its amazing how people always need to know everything. I mean, they know you are freinds, right? So there must be a reason you are not there, right? Do they need to know what it is? I think not!!!

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