Comments on: People Pleasing Anonymous

By: Amanda Sanders

Amanda Sanders — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:47:51 +0000

Brittney- you are so not alone! Glad to meet you!

By: Brittney

Brittney — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:15:04 +0000

Wow. You’re latest post just describes me to a “T.” Glad I’m not alone in this crazy state of being.

By: NB

NB — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:56:31 +0000

Merry Christmas, Amanda! I love reading your blog posts. Can’t wait for the next one.

As for people pleasers anonymous…sign me up. I’m guilty on all seven points. Confession: I once attended a holiday dinner while in labor because I didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. True story, but I can laugh about it now. I’m not as bad as I used to be.

Enjoy your Christmas!

By: brian

brian — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:02:24 +0000

then there was that time you added to your blogpost after the fact when I whined about it instead of just saying, “no!”

By: Amanda Sanders

Amanda Sanders — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:22:26 +0000

Lisa- Honey, you need a spotter. Some one to stand there and shake her head “No” to encourage you! (Wouldn’t that be the bomb! Then you could say, “Sorry. But my friend says no.”) : D

Janice- my blog clock goes whacko every few months. I reset it, but still it goes nuts. I hate that it causes confusion. Good luck at the doctor’s appointment. Let us know how it all comes out!

By: Janice Garrison

Janice Garrison — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:40:46 +0000

You left me laughing Amanda…good post. I guess I can now cancel my doctor’s appointment on Thursday since I know now why I am so tired. lol…

On thing that helps when you are getting ready to say “sure, no problem” for the umpteenth time in the week is this – just pretend the person asking is a drug and just say NO”!! Hope this helps.

BTW, just curious, why is the date on this post Dec. 12, 2009? Just curious since my calendar show Dec, 8th.

By: Janice Garrison

Janice Garrison — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:38:36 +0000

You left me laughing Amanda…good post. I guess I can now cancel my doctor’s appointment on Thursday since I know now why I am so tired. lol…

By: Lisa L

Lisa L — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:35:03 +0000

I was thinking about your post last night, Amanda. I went to get my hair cut. I go to this place regularly, but have a different woman practically each time I go. Even though the first woman who walked up to me was a woman who gave me the one and only hair cut I HATED, I still followed her to her chair obediently and did not request someone else. Even afterward when I was thinking I probably did not like the hair cut very much … I still said, “thanks,” and tipped her and thanked her again. She WAS pretty nice, and I didn’t want to hurt her feelings!!

By: Amanda Sanders

Amanda Sanders — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:55:54 +0000

Lisa L- oh boy, we are on slippery slope when we start using Jesus to justify poor boundaries aren’t we? (And by “we” I mean “Me”! ) ; )

By: Lisa L

Lisa L — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:11:54 +0000

Now, see, Brian, you made Amanda apologize for something her spell-checker didn’t pick up!! Way to go. I think Brian is definitely NOT a people pleaser.

Great post, Amanda. I hear ya totally. I am trying to work on it, but it is hard! You just want to make other people happy! It’s not that you CAN’T say NO, you just don’t WANT to! I mean, Did Jesus say No when God told Him to offer Himself up as a sacrifice?

Okay, maybe it’s a bit sacrilegious to compare my perpetual need to sign up for every activity at church to the greatest sacrifice this world has ever seen.