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Janet Kuypers 2/25/17 “So I’ve got a friend who’s had this problem and they don’t know if they should see a doctor.” “So my friend thinks her husband is cheating on her. what should she do?” “So I’ve got a friend who wants to kill their boss, but they don’t want to get fired and they don’t know what to do.” We’ve all heard these stories before, and we’ve probably all used that line before too, saying, “I’ve got this friend” when you’re really talking about yourself. This elusive, imaginary creature is from a line we’ve all used, because we’re too afraid to say we’ve got a problem. We’re too afraid to share. And think about it, what if this elusive, imaginary creature was real, and had all these problems we ascribe just to get advice. Horrific job. Cheating spouse. Mounting debt. Back-stabbing friend. A lump under the skin. They’d be a basket case. So why do we do it? Why do we share problems in the third person to get some assistance instead of asking for a hand? I know we all think we’re tough as nails, we’ve got it all under control, so maybe it’s because we create this persona and don’t want to shatter this image we’ve created to the rest of the world. We’ve created this card house, this delicate card house, and we don’t want to see it fall down. So we say, “I’ve got this friend” — we create this elusive imaginary creature because, look at our lives. Look at what we’ve made. We surely don’t want to shatter this image we’ve created for us, and the rest of the world. |
