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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that, generally, when someone is regularly complaining about their life a good response is to ask them, with compassion and genuine curiosity, "What are you going to do to change/fix this situation?"  It can help break out of the cycle of complaining and focus them on making proactive changes.  Or, if they really just want to complain, it forces them to confront the fact that they actually don't want to change things, they just want to gripe. It might also bring to the surface ways that you might actually be able to help.
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Some people just get overwhelmed easily. I vent to my good friends only. We always say to one another that we do too much at the school and still do it. I’m scrambling to move an outdoor end of school party indoors because of this air quality code red. Yes, I am scrambling. It is no big deal.

I know the types of people your friend needs to “impress”. There are certain people who stress me about food. Guess what? I don’t invite them to my home. My kids are older now so it is drop off. I don’t stress or care what some 11 year old thinks about what I’m feeding him. [/quote]

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