drained by another's negativity
 

i have a friend who is going through a lot of crap right now. i know this, so i am cutting him a good deal of slack. but i fear i have become to caught up in his problems and drama and it is bringing me down.

i have decided not to do this, at least not for today. and today was rough because his kid's mom is saying (yet again) that she won't let him see his son any more. even though he blamed me for this in a round-about way (his kid's car seat was in my car, which was with my significant other, and the mom found out) he chose to let his kid get into another friend's car anyway.

it was not my responsibility to keep track of his child's car seat. not my kid, not my car seat. and he didn't tell me that he was going to need it, either, or we would have gotten it out for him.

i told exactly this to which he said he was not blaming me, though it certainly seems that he is.

but for today, i'm not falling into that. i politely excused myself. today i am not letting the negativity of another bring me down.

I agree you need to take a step back from this for a bit. It is important that you look after your needs first. Take care
Kat xxx