Many years ago, I was dating my college Beau and he asked me to marry him. I was totally smitten with him so of course I said yes. After 5 years together, my professional life was pulling me in a different direction and I had gotten tired of waiting for him to set a date so I broke it off.
That was a very painful decision that haunted me for years, even after I married and started a family. When ever I thought of him I tried to think of him with a successful career and a loving family. Eventually I accepted that if it was meant to be that it would have been.
Fast forward 40+ years. For some reason he had been on my mind again. I Googled him and came across his obituary. I looked for mention of a family and found none. There was a mention of a female companion but apparently he never married. It finally made sense! He was a commitment-phobe. I felt so sorry for him. He missed out on a lot of the best parts of life. Most of all, I was finally able to make peace with the past.
My point is that relationships = pain. We often internalize that pain but the person at fault hurt themselves the most. We have to examine our own part in the relationship and we can make the most progress when we are able to forgive them and ourselves as well. All of this takes time and a lot of emotional work but the pay off is worth it. I have peace and more self confidence that at any other point in my life.
If you read all of this, and any part applied to you, I wish you peace and healing. Don’t give up and keep moving forward. You will have set backs. Just pick up where you left off and keep moving forward. (((HUGS!)))
My son and I were actually discussing this topic recently. We both noted that some of the best bosses were real A holes but the department prospered and everyone was treated fairly. The really nice bosses were usually rolled over.
I am sure there are some nice bosses can be effective but it is a rare occurance.
Well right now I think the creator of the comic intends it as a comedic ploy. I don’t understand why people get so worked up about a comic. It is make believe, people.
Good Ole two-slice! Always locked and loaded! (Um …shouldn’t that be “loaded and locked?”)