How to say “No” to friends politely without hurting their feelings? Brook is drunk and his old friends in Turkey are asking to meet for dinner and Brook has no interest but he also doesn’t want to break his friends’ heart.
Brook is drunk and mad that he has to travel to Istanbul to meet a friend from high school. Brook will travel back to USA on Monday and doesn’t want to spend a Sunday with a friend from 20 years ago. Brook is a softy. this is my boarding school room mate. That would be rude He knows I don’t as I committed to this already Agreed. I am a butter cup. Need to soften a little. Please help Brook
I feel like you should be able to lean on personal experiences to answer this question yourself. What did girls usually say to you?
If it is a boarding school room mate and you were close friends I would just go to the dinner and say the right things knowing that you won't have to do it again at least until your next trip to Turkiye. If you are worried that he is trying to compromise you in some way - like looking for money or investments - then just don't answer the request until you are back in USA and tell him the timing was really bad for you. You could do this even if you are not worried about that but then when he drives his goat off a cliff in a month you will feel guilty.
Why can't I shake the feeling that this third party stuff means the Erdogan regime has got to Brook already.
We are all in this position in life. Usually it involves the wife’s family. Just suck it up, and place nice in the sandbox for a few hours. You’ll be glad that you did.
You've casually make a joke about what has killed over 40,000,000 (FORTY MILLION!!) human beings. And that 40,000,000 figure doesn't include the millions of orphans left behind in their wake....
