Getting stuck in the middle
Have you ever been stuck in a situation between 2 people whose feelings you don't want to hurt? I get the 'middle man' role a lot of times, and I can say that most of the time I don't really know what to do. Say your best friend has come to you with a problem. The problem involves 2 people. Let's just say that one does not know that he/she is hurting the other by using him/her but b*tching behind his/her back. The problem becomes serious because many people misunderstand them and it's really irritating. So one comes to you (which is me) for advice (which I don't know what). Actually, I kind of dread it when I take on the role of the 'middle man'. I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings but there's like an 80% possibility that I'll end up doing exactly that. When someone comes to me about a problem, I listen to them. I hear their points of view, their perspective, their thoughts and their opinions. Towards the end of the c...