No offense, but if you start a conversation with these phrases, don't expect a good reaction. Here's why.
6."I should warn you: You won’t like what I'm going to say."8."I’m the only one brave enough to tell you what everybody’s saying behind your back."10."I've been thinking about something you said about me a long time ago, and while you might not remember it, it's bothered me since then."My stomach hurts as I’m typing the words. That’s howthey make me feel, and I’m not a delicate flower.
A conversation beginning with “We really need to talk” has never ended with a hug and a kiss. Never in my life have I come away feeling better after a tête-à-tête initiated via “Don’t take this personally.” I’d add that the friend who gets gossipy, unnerving, upsetting, unsettling, or unnecessarily catastrophied"news" to you is not really your friend. Does a true friend want to whisper into your ear a rumor or a bad opinion that will make you miserable, especially if it’s about something you can’t change?Beware, too, those who begin conversations in other ways that depend on the bad fortunes of others.
Is it like charades, where you can give hints “Okay, two syllables, sounds like ‘bowling’? Rolling? Rolling Stone? Keith Richards?” But no, it can’t be. Keith Richards. Richards, 77,cigarettes since he was conceived, he will bury us all. When anybody asks, “Guess who just died?” I simply reply “It’s not Keith Richards, so just tell me already.”