For me tough love does not mean my way or the highway. It may seem like it sometimes but it is only because I'm trying to save them from wasting time. Time is something we don't have enough of. Sometimes I'm wrong, but not often. I don't stick my nose in unless I'm pretty sure of myself.
So how do you deal with tough love aimed at you? Do you accept it gracefully or not? Or are you so blind you don't see anything but your way? Some people don't even know they are doing it, they are so used to doing things their way they can't see any other way. So who is right?
Some times drawing boundaries only makes it worse. But so does ignoring it.
For me a situation has developed that I do not know if drawing boundaries would have helped, I know ignoring it didn't work. Setting some rules might have brought it to a head sooner. Maybe that would have been better, who knows.
Anyway I will pick up the pieces and get on with life.
Ten hours in the glorious sunshine today. Sunburnt again. (red hair) :-) (used to be) :-) Too tired now to make supper. Me and Thomas will have cereal. He likes it better than cat food. One should not practice tough love on themselves.
Lovely evening, no wind, geese in the pond. No Bear tonight. It is so quiet and peaceful. I guess that is why I live here.
Tomorrow is another day, come what may, tomorrow still will.
Davit.
Ps can you hear the geese?
