Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.
I have a reputation for being a good listener and having a good shoulder to cry on. I am happy to listen to my friends’ troubles and offer encouragement when needed.
When a friend who’s going through a rough time calls me on a day when I am also having a rough time, how can I respond in a way that will allow me to get the rest I desperately need to recover?I am in my 50s, and I have an issue with my best friend of 35 years. We don’t live in the same state anymore, but we talk several times a week and try to visit every year.
She offered to make me a quilt out of T-shirts that I had collected over the years from places I had been. So I cut the logos/graphics off the shirts and mailed them to her. She said it would only take her about a week to make the quilt.I have since moved even farther away, I miss home, and I really want that quilt! I have asked her about it several times. It would mean so much to me -- especially now that I am over 1,000 miles away -- but she just makes empty promises about finishing it.
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