072 - What Price Are You Willing to Pay For Friendship? Four Questions To See If It’s Worth It

A little warning today, Bettys and Jacks–Mary is in a MOOD. . . enough for a lil’ swear warning. We hope you’re not too offended. Mary talks about friendship, and how she and Allen are spouses, but aren’t very good friends. 

 

Mary talks a little about her mother-in-law, who lived with her for several years. While they have a good relationship, there was a price. Mary had some unhealthy patterns and work relationships in her ‘escapist era.’ Some of that stemmed from feeling like she didn’t belong and wasn’t needed in her home.

 

Do you allow people to get close to you? Do you allow yourself to get attached to people, especially those who are going to leave?

 

We reference The Lazy Genius Podcast with Kendra Adachi. Check out Episode 170: How To Lazy Genius Anything and a bonus episode from October 2022, titled “How To Find A New Relationship Rhythm. The four questions we ask are:

 

1. What matters most?
2. What are we willing to pay for a friendship?
3. What are your boundaries, and what price does someone need to pay to have access to you?
4. What if you are too expensive?

 

One of Gretchen Rubin’s secrets of adulthood: “Something that can be done at anytime is often done at no time.”

 

Our Better Betty Challenge for today is to think about what price you are willing to pay for a friendship. Also, if you find that you don’t have many friends, consider how much it might be costing others to get close to you.

 

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Thank you for listening, Betty. Maybe your price has gone up, or maybe your price is too high. Wherever you may find yourself–at Tiffany or at Goodwill, you are a treasure to us. So please remember that we love you more.