Which is why this wasn’t worth it for me. I make wreaths, flowered and Christmas, and other decorative stuff. If I see it, I can pretty much do it. So I bring a wreath to decorate my desk at work and the sh*t hits the fan. All of these women start begging me to make them one, offering tons of money, so of course I do it. I’m loading 10, 15, 20 wreaths into my car every week and am pulling in some really good money, but then I get these women coming back to me saying they’ve broken this or their daughter pulled it apart, want something else on it, etc. etc. etc. I take pride in my work, so I accomodate all of them. Next Christmas rolls around … I accomodate all of them again. I meet my husband, I get married, my mother-in-law dies days before our first Christmas together and these same women come back to me again, expecting me to fix something they bought two years ago. Yes, I take pride in my work … but not so much that I can’t tell a bunch of old women exactly where they can stick it.
Comments:
having boundaries is definitely worth it!
Good for you for drawing the line.
Somehow I’m guessing you probably didn’t exactly use the words “stick it up your…...” when you told them :-)
Not Exactly ...
but it was pretty close! I pretty much said, “Hey, do you remember my husband’s mom and how she JUST died and whatnot? Yeah, I’m gonna be a little bit busy with that so I think you’re gonna have to deal with your wreath on your own from now on.” And yes, it felt reaaaaaally good to do that too! :-D
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