Six degrees of separation from bad news
March 18, 2017 6:20 PM   Subscribe

I'm trying to find a website or a Facebook meme about how one should react to bad news, depending on how close you are to the people involved.

It went something like this:
If you're directly affected you're allowed to wail and moan all you want.
If you're an immediate family member, you can cry and complain.
If you're a friend, you can offer sympathy but not mention your own problems.
Etc.
Can anyone help me find this? Thanks.
posted by Joleta to Human Relations (2 answers total) 7 users marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: The Ring Theory of Kvetching?
posted by HonoriaGlossop at 6:26 PM on March 18, 2017 [22 favorites]


Response by poster: That's exactly it. Thanks HonoriaGlossop.
posted by Joleta at 7:52 PM on March 18, 2017


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