"Since you wanted to support her financially and also help her get a job, allow those things to sit without judgment around them. You helped her to the best of your ability during a tough time. Now that she has healed from the emotional and financial shock that hit her system, she is putting herself out there and living her life."
"I was not only a friend who was there for her emotionally, I also supported her financially. She had recently gotten divorced and lost her job, so I sent her money to help pay her rent, with no expectation that she would pay me back. I also spent a lot of time helping her look for jobs. She landed a well-paying job through a connection of mine, and she is now also dating again."
A friend provided emotional and financial support during a crisis, helping with rent and job searches and connecting her to a well-paying job. The friend now feels abandoned as contact faded after the recipient recovered and began dating. Separate feelings of abandonment from the acts of generosity and recognize that support was given without obligation. Allow yourself to feel sad while also being glad that the friend is doing better. Communicate directly and without reproach by expressing that you miss the friendship and asking for a little time together, then decide how to move forward.
Read at www.mercurynews.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]