Thank you, Tracy, for your kind words and wonderful story! So glad to hear things took a turn for the better!

The short and vague version of my situation is that I am the business owner, and the landlord is the problem. There is no getting out of the lease nor the business, and I am literally surrounded by the problems and negativity he creates. Had I known what type of person he was, I certainly never would have gotten into the situation, but now I’m stuck. He has proven to be dishonest and disrespectful to my business, my staff, and to me. We are stuck dealing with each other for quite some time, so I have tried repeatedly to make the situation better, reason with him, work with him, bent over backwards for him just to improve the relationship. Unfortunately, I’ve found any interaction with him at all results in negative consequences. I try to keep my distance and deal with him as little as possible, but I am literally surrounded by the problems he continues to create. In any other situation, I would simply distance myself from a person and situation like this and walk away; but it’s not an option here.

I refuse to let an awful person like that turn me into someone like him. I know I need to stay positive and brush off everything he keeps throwing, but staying positive in such a frustrating ongoing situation is a challenge.

Thank you, Tracy, and anyone else with kind words or advice.