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March 20, 2019 at 6:25 am
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InkyParticipant
Hi Ariana,
It sounds like you’re already handling this super well, honestly.
Use The Broken Record Technique: Say the exact same thing when they do this. i.e. “I’m staying out of it, go talk with each other”. If you unfailingly do this, say, 132 times, on the 133rd/ time they will move on and you will have broken the dynamic. As far as you’re concerned, at least. The trick is to be utterly boring with that one phrase.
Good Luck!
Inky
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