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Tag: sounding boards

What do you do about chronic complaining?

August 21, 2012 ~ JenniferP ~ 108 Comments

Everyone Is Gay just solved a full 20% of my inbox. You can have compassion for your friends, listen to them, give them room to vent and think out loud, be their sounding-boards and secret-keepers. But you don't have to do it endlessly. It doesn't have to form the basis of your friendship or the … Continue reading What do you do about chronic complaining?

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