Man, I hate this.

[tinkerbell_mk]

Have you ever been in the position where you know you've over extended the kindness of a friendship

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[khayman]

Avoiding the situation never makes it better.

[tinkerbell_mk]

True

[weiskind]

I say go ahead and communicate all of this information: that you feel you've already asked too much, that you wish you didn't need to ask again, and that it's hard to do. Context is always your friend.

Best of luck!

[tinkerbell_mk]

Thank you, this is good advice and I plan to heed it!

[jhogan]

If you really can't avoid asking for the favor, maybe you can talk to them about what you're feeling. "I'm really stressed out, because I feel like I need to ask you for another favor, but there's something I need to talk about first." And then share your guilt in a pretty raw and vulnerable way, so that it's clear you're not being insincere.

Offering to make it up to them in some concrete way (personally meaningful will probably get more mileage than $ value) would probably also go a long way towards showing that you're serious.

[tinkerbell_mk]

Thanks James, I appreciate the advice and encouragement!

[tinkerbell_mk]

=)

[samurai_joe]

Say everything and express gratitude.

Sometimes we're up. Sometimes we're down. People you're close to generally get that. Now if you're consistently down and it's mostly in your own hands, then resentment comes, but you're good people. Shit'll work.

[tinkerbell_mk]

Thanks!

[samurai_joe]

Np. That goddamn icon of yours is distracting as all hell.
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