Tips to Avoid Drama
When I say the word drama, I’m talking about silly, emotion filled squabbles, not a serious life situation. Drama drains you, disturbs your peace, and causes misunderstandings. It can also often be avoided. Here are a few things that have worked for me.
Don’t engage
It takes 2 people for a drama to happen, so if you can breathe before reacting and tell the drama starter that you are not going to participate in this scenario, you will save yourself a lot of chaos. I have a friend who broke up with his girlfriend. The girlfriend cheated on him and made sure everyone knew because she wanted to make him jealous. My friend found out because her son’s friend told her what happened. My friend told her son’s friend what that said about the girl’s character. The son decided to begin dating the girl again. Here is the texting conversation between my friend and her son yesterday.
Son: Mom, Alison wants to come over and hang at our house.
Friend: Okay.
Son: But mom, she feels awkward because you said some mean things about her.
Friend: Son, I don’t care.
I’m not sure what the son was looking for, but my friend was determined not to engage and that helped her maintain her peace.
