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Originally posted by Special1920
MIND your business, even if they start confiding in you.
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I agree. I had to learn this the
hard way. Just because people put their business out on the street doesn't mean it has to be rifled through and commented on. Nine times out of ten the couple gets back together anyway and there's hurt feelings all around and maybe even a huge rift in the family.
It's hard though. Especially when it's a sibling or another close relative. But choosing sides, offering words of advice/wisdom and/or gossipping about the couple's situation (which my family tends to do
) only makes things worse. It's better to let the couple work on their marriage on their own and possibly seek outside help by going to a couselor, pastor, priest, etc.
This is exactly why I keep my business
my business. Once you involve family in your personal business they don't want to keep out of your personal business. They want updates, minute-by-minute play back, dramatizations...