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Two wrongs.

(55 Posts)
gmelon Thu 20-Sept-18 08:24:44

Apologies for posting in the wrong section. Not a grandparenting issue.

kittylester Thu 20-Sept-18 08:16:23

I think I'd not say anything at all ever again.

OldMeg Thu 20-Sept-18 08:10:43

gmelon if you’re constantly on the defensive with someone who has neither the tact nor the wherewithal to stop throwing hackneyed old proverbs at you then I too wouldn’t bother with them..

You ask ‘what do I say’ to them? I’d say absolutely nothing. Just turn, walk away and leave them. And don’t seek out their company again.

TwiceAsNice Thu 20-Sept-18 08:10:26

I think I would be saying if she's knows she's doing wrong why is she doing it in the first place? Also she can do what she likes but you don't have to put up with it. Friendship is a two way thing not one person always bending to another. Not much of a friendship from where I'm sitting.

gmelon Thu 20-Sept-18 07:58:59

I am infuriated that I don't have an answer to a person who says this in defence of their own bad behaviour.
What is a good retort?
I've started to pull away from this person and now she is complaining that I should put up with her and not react to her behaviour because "Two wrongs don't make a right".
There is also "an eye for an eye makes everyone blind" thrown in too.
Apparently I should be saintly in the face of her repeated "don't care" attitude.
What do I say to someone who I have had endless patience with for years. I'm afraid that I now just think 'why bother".