Nobody likes a Whiner. Laugh the world laughs with you; whine and you whine alone. Whiners feel helpless and overwhelmed by an unfair world. Their standard is perfection, and no one and nothing measures up to it. But misery loves company, so they bring their problems to you. Offering solutions makes you bad company, so their whining escalates
Don’t:
- Don’t agree with Whiners, as it just encourages them to keep cmplaining.
- Don’t disagree with them, as they will feel compelled to repeat their problems.
- Don’t try to solve their problems for them — you can’t.
- Never ask them why they are complaining to you about their problems. They hear this as an invitation to start all over again from the beginning.
Do:
- Do have patience with their impossible standards and seemingly endless negativity.
- Do have compassion for the poor complainers whose lives are beyond their control.
