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I’m sure everyone has heard the saying at least once. “If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.” That statement couldn’t be more true. It matters not the situation or the people involved, taking care of everything yourself seems to always be the way to go. Now me personally I can get pretty anal when it comes to the way things are run and/or set up, but that is for a reason. Have you ever been in a situation where a family member, friend or associate decides to set something up and they invite you? And at the exact moment they ask you to join the activities your better judgement tells you otherwise? Well I get that gut feeling all the time.

In my time I  have learned that you will always yield better results when you do things yourself. There are many things you dont have to worry about like:

• Being kept in the loop as far as the plans/arrangements
• Trying to find people when its time to pay up
• Horrible planning
• last but certainly not least…..cancellations at the last minute

So everyone do yourself a favor and take the time to do things yourself. The outcome is always more rewarding and if anything goes wrong you have no one to blame but yourself. Plus on the flipside you’ll have peace of mind and always be in the know.

As you can tell this more of a PSA/Rant than a regular Blog entry, but seeing as how this is my blog and I pay for it I can write pretty much whatever it is I feel. Sorry people EVERY entry isn’t going to be informative, entertaining or fuunny. lol

I’ll make sure the next one is better

The relationship has run its course and now its time to make that decision. Should you continue to remain friends? Now a lot  of people will say that it depends on how the relationship ends in the first place. Most people, including myself, will tell you that remaining on speaking terms with a person you broke up with on bad terms is not the brightest move…YA DIG! lol. So for now lets just speak on breaking up on good terms and remaining friends with said person.

Now with this there too are risk you will be taking. For one, just because you see things going smoothly don’t think for one second that the other person sees them the say way. Also there could be a  situation where one of the two people involved could just be agreeing to this with an ulterior motive!! You know one of those “I’ll stay in touch….just in case” situations. Then there can be the that rare extreme case of the PSYCHO that cant let you go! Some might say they are deeply in  love. I like to call them STALKERS! lol. 

So now lets just skip to the chase. What do you do when this once friendly relationship with an ex goes sour? I mean you did decide to make the choice to keep speaking  to this person, knowing what could possible result of it down the road. Now you have someone calling you all the time, sending you text all the damn time pretty much harassing you. Things are getting worse with time and you can clearly see that you have a problem on your hands lol. I mean seriously the answer to this is that you SHOULDN’T have put yourself in this situation in the first place. What I think  the problem may be is that when people make this decision they are acting on the strong emotions they might have for a person and don’t think about all possible end results. It can also even be the two people not really discussing if they would actually want to stay in contact with each other. One person decides they want to keep talking as friends and the other just agrees…only to be nice when they really don’t want to. Problems from JUMP! lol

I usually do remain friends with my ex’s and soooo far its worked for me lol. I can’t say it’ll work for everybody though. What I can say though it that a conversation is held before that decision is made. I can’t be bothered wasting time conversing with someone who I’m not too fond of and vice-versa. Also any plans or meetings or get togethers and what have you are also planned out. That line between friendship and relationship can be a FIIIINE line, so things need to be treated very carefully or they can and WILL blow up in your face! 

Now lets say things have already blown up in your face and you’re at DEFCON 1, CODE RED! DANGER!! lol. How do you rectify or cease all communication with this person? Do you let it drag out and run its course, all the while you are being tortured every single time you speak to this person. Do you find some off the wall excuse to put a halt to things? Or do you keep it 100 and let them know look….(insert reality check here)! 

Hmm maybe that can be the next topic I speak on…The top ten ways to tell an EX you no longer require their services lol

Now by no means am I saying what one should do or how they should go about doing it. Everyone is different and of course every situation is going to be different also. These are just my views on the situation….. This is the  part where I should insert my disclaimer right? lol