Wacko Detox
Breaking up...it's hard when it's your significant other, but may be even harder when it's a friend. I've touched on this subject before (yawn...haven't we all), but I just got a press release for a new book called Wacko Detox 2008: Six Ways to Remove Problematic People from Your Life This Year, and it got me thinking.
From the release:
"Are the Wackos in your life bringing you down? Why not make this the year you get rid of them once and for all? Author Christina Eckert explains how ridding yourself of toxic acquaintances is your smartest goal yet."
When Eckert talks about tell-tale signs of a "Wacko," I will admit I fall into some of her stereotypes (I love a good grudge), but I think all this wacko talk is a way for the person who wants to end the relationship to feel better about themselves. In this me-me-me look-at-me self-absorbed society, it's fitting. But must we resort to calling another person a wacko just because we don't vibe with them as a friend anymore? People change (it's not a bad thing), lose touch, and sometimes don't feel the need or yearning to reconnect or continue with the friendship. It can be a big blowout that ended it or a slow fade, but sometimes friendships are irreparable...like a lot of romantic ones are. There doesn't have to be ill will, the nostalgia of the good times is still there, but it’s over, and it will never be like it once was. And that's OK.
From the release:
"Are the Wackos in your life bringing you down? Why not make this the year you get rid of them once and for all? Author Christina Eckert explains how ridding yourself of toxic acquaintances is your smartest goal yet."
When Eckert talks about tell-tale signs of a "Wacko," I will admit I fall into some of her stereotypes (I love a good grudge), but I think all this wacko talk is a way for the person who wants to end the relationship to feel better about themselves. In this me-me-me look-at-me self-absorbed society, it's fitting. But must we resort to calling another person a wacko just because we don't vibe with them as a friend anymore? People change (it's not a bad thing), lose touch, and sometimes don't feel the need or yearning to reconnect or continue with the friendship. It can be a big blowout that ended it or a slow fade, but sometimes friendships are irreparable...like a lot of romantic ones are. There doesn't have to be ill will, the nostalgia of the good times is still there, but it’s over, and it will never be like it once was. And that's OK.
posted by Michele at 2:34 PM
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