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Originally Posted by PAYNE1
Although I'm not sure I myself can always follow this advice, I think the most honest thing to do is just to say something like, "I want to help, but that's more than I can take on right now......" The "demanding" approach by someone is the toughest. That kind of thing can really burn me up.
If you don't mind my asking, do you have someone in particular in mind? I'm thinking, maybe, an elderly parent or a child?
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Why should I say "I want to help" when I don't? The whole point of my post was someone imposing on me in an
unwanted fashion. The last thing I want to say is "I want to help." I was actually thinking of pushy, overbearing, self-involved, self-aggrandizing people who want to
force others to be a cheering section or human footstool.