Relationship Craziness

[greenstorm]

Okay. I've had three major relationship talks - the hard, exhausting kind -- with three different people in the last twenty-four hours. This is like a steamroller. I have one minor relationship and one major relationship that haven't needed maintenance and we're almost to the 24-hour mark, the rest of you had better hurry up to make it in.

I feel completely drained. I really need to figure out what to do in these situations. I don't think the dicussions will get easier, though I used to believe they would as I got better at communicating. I think I just need to learn to say, come talk to me next Wednesday when my batteries are recharged, if it can't wait you're down by one SO.

It feels immoral to say that, really wrong. Is it? No one's there for me 24 hours a day, and that's not through lack of will, that's through ability and prior commitments. Should I stop stretching my ability and bashing my prior commitments?

I need to figure out my boundaries.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_locke/]

Actually I've been meaning to talk to you. It probably shouldn't wait until the retreat. It's kinda important. Actually really important. Actually I think the world might explode if we don't talk about it *RIGHT NOW*.

[greenstorm.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Hasn't exploded yet. Perhaps you meant right *NOW*?

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...*NOW*?

Er. Hmm. I think the World Destruct-O-Machine(TM) is broken.

I'll take this opportunity to proposition you. Let's take half an hour or so at the retreat and not talk about anything important at all!

P'raps during that workshop. Note to self: bring camera.

[darthmaus.livejournal.com]

Digicam is coming as requested; do feel free to borrow it. I promise that no compromising pictures will end up on the 'web without the subjects' permission ;-) *hee*