I work with this middle aged lady who is very nice as a person but at the same time i feel like she's dragging me down.
She seems to have a LOT of personal problems. I mean, i have had my fair share (SA, OCD etc) but i try and keep my personal life, personal. She, on the other hand, seems to have this NEED to tell EVERYONE in the building about her personal life. She'll literally corner people just to tell them about it.
I think that i'm a pretty good listener and i don't mind helping people when i can but she takes it to the extreme. I work alone with her all day so there is no escape from her going on and on.
One of her biggest problems was to do with her husband. She went on and on for over a year saying how she was leaving him and that she was only still with him because she had nowhere else to go. She asked my advice about how she could find somewhere else to live and i even researched online for her to try and find any helpful info i could.
Now all of a sudden she's going on 3 holidays with him this year (he's paying) and she's going on about that. He pays all the bills so all of her wages are hers yet she acts so hard done by. I struggle with having enough money for food every month (she knows that) yet she's going on about her holidays.
There's a lot more things that i could tell you that she moans about/has problems with, on a daily basis but i'd run out of space to write it. I'm just sick of her using me for emotional support. I even managed to get her a dentist but i go no thanks for it. It's incredibly draining but i don't know how to change the situation.
I try and act disinterested when she starts talking about herself but that doesn't work. It's like she wants everyone to know her personal business. I really don't know what to do.
She seems to have a LOT of personal problems. I mean, i have had my fair share (SA, OCD etc) but i try and keep my personal life, personal. She, on the other hand, seems to have this NEED to tell EVERYONE in the building about her personal life. She'll literally corner people just to tell them about it.
I think that i'm a pretty good listener and i don't mind helping people when i can but she takes it to the extreme. I work alone with her all day so there is no escape from her going on and on.
One of her biggest problems was to do with her husband. She went on and on for over a year saying how she was leaving him and that she was only still with him because she had nowhere else to go. She asked my advice about how she could find somewhere else to live and i even researched online for her to try and find any helpful info i could.
Now all of a sudden she's going on 3 holidays with him this year (he's paying) and she's going on about that. He pays all the bills so all of her wages are hers yet she acts so hard done by. I struggle with having enough money for food every month (she knows that) yet she's going on about her holidays.
There's a lot more things that i could tell you that she moans about/has problems with, on a daily basis but i'd run out of space to write it. I'm just sick of her using me for emotional support. I even managed to get her a dentist but i go no thanks for it. It's incredibly draining but i don't know how to change the situation.
I try and act disinterested when she starts talking about herself but that doesn't work. It's like she wants everyone to know her personal business. I really don't know what to do.