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sorry to just drop a link and run, but the Carolyn Hax article this morning _Family ties and the unwinding of ‘self-improvement’_ was good enough that I need to leave it here to read again.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/carolyn-hax-family-ties-and-the-unwinding-of-self-improvement/2015/10/06/e97dec58-66fb-11e5-9223-70cb36460919_story.html
The way she re-frames the boyfriend's concern is ...interesting and made a lightbulb go off over my head about an old friend I don't see much anymore (not any of you, lj-list).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/carolyn-hax-family-ties-and-the-unwinding-of-self-improvement/2015/10/06/e97dec58-66fb-11e5-9223-70cb36460919_story.html
The way she re-frames the boyfriend's concern is ...interesting and made a lightbulb go off over my head about an old friend I don't see much anymore (not any of you, lj-list).