I use to listen to Praying by Kisha. The girls and I would dance around the kitchen singing it at the top of our voices. Funny thinking about it now.
Alison - hard as it is, you can't let his negativity become your negativity. It isn't about pretending to be happy, but actually finding things that make you happy so that when he is being a [censored] you can validate without letting it get inside.
I have a friend who is a miserable sod. Everything in his life is a drama and everyone is out to get him. I listen, I validate ("that sounds terrible"), I give advice ("have you tried talking to them"), but when he is not there, I rarely give it any mind. His life is his problem. It is not mine.
