I am about to have a conversation/confrontation that could wind up being the end of a business relationship and, even worse, the end of a friendship. I hate situations like this.

I don't trust myself to know whether I'm really taking good care of myself by doing this, or if I'm being too rigid in not compromising. It almost seems as if I'm having to choose one sort of pain over the other. Do I continue on as things are, knowing that on the inside I'll be unhappy, but still have a person in my life about whom I care a lot. Or, do I go with what I know will make me professionally happy and risk losing someone important.

Here's hoping there's an Option 3 I just don't know about yet.