Indeed! I have this simple 3-rule motto;
1. What's the problem?
2. Whose problem is it?
3. Whose money is it?

It works to simplify a whole lot of things.

Hugs
femfree

--- In Psychopathsgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Rai" <ceri@t...> wrote:
> Darla writes:
>
> > Well, that sounds like a healthy response to me. Let's get these
> > creeps out of our lives and not worry about every little thing
and
> > all their nuttiness. We have lives to live and spending even a
> > moment more of our precious time witht them is just wasted time
to
> > me. ....
>
> Ta. Picked up soem tricks along the way. I approached Alanon ages
> unsucessfully trying to rescue a friendship. I learnt about
seperating
> personal problems. His problems are his problems. <shrug> It works
>
>
> > To help the kid and yourself, learn some boundary skills (which
we
> > have in abundance at our psychopath site)
> > boundary faqs... [chomp]...
>
> Pinched. Thanks. Will read when I do't have a shoulder surfer
checking what
> I'm typing everytime he passes by...
>
> Rai
> ---
> Time does not heal untreated wounds!!