{"id":205,"date":"2017-10-25T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kassthomas.com\/blog\/relationships-done-easy-what-if-a-choice-for-us-does-not-have-to-be-a-choice-against-someone-else\/"},"modified":"2019-10-23T13:41:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T11:41:46","slug":"relationships-done-easy-what-if-a-choice-for-us-does-not-have-to-be-a-choice-against-someone-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kassthomas.com\/blog\/relationships-done-easy-what-if-a-choice-for-us-does-not-have-to-be-a-choice-against-someone-else\/","title":{"rendered":"Relationships Done Easy &#8220;What If A Choice For Us Does Not Have To Be A Choice Against Someone Else?  &#8220;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/--ylq6LpXuVk\/WOUgr16FGCI\/AAAAAAAAANk\/xI2ts8hCQnE2EIOoJaspYR84xxuP306WgCLcB\/s1600\/Kass%2BThomas%2B4.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/--ylq6LpXuVk\/WOUgr16FGCI\/AAAAAAAAANk\/xI2ts8hCQnE2EIOoJaspYR84xxuP306WgCLcB\/s640\/Kass%2BThomas%2B4.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background: rgb(255 , 255 , 255); font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; line-height: 150%;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">WHAT IF A CHOICE FOR US DOES NOT<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background: rgb(255 , 255 , 255); font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; line-height: 150%;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background: rgb(255 , 255 , 255); font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; line-height: 150%;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">&nbsp;HAVE TO BE A CHOICE AGAINST&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background: rgb(255 , 255 , 255); font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; line-height: 150%;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background: rgb(255 , 255 , 255); font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; line-height: 150%;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">SOMEONE ELSE?<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background: rgb(255 , 255 , 255); font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; line-height: 150%;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><p><span style=\"color: #0b5394;\"><i><span style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><b><span style=\"background: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;\">&#8220;One of the things I realized in those early days is how many people are walking around with a chip on their shoulder waiting for someone to step out of line so they can unleash their anger. I had gone from the peacemaker in my relationships to an explosion waiting to happen. \u201cMake my day. Say something so I can release my pent up frustrations on you.\u201d Having lived in New York, I had a lot of that attitude. Every time I said, \u201cThat doesn\u2019t work for me,\u201d my new partner would respond, with complete calm, \u201cOK, I can change that, no problem. I didn\u2019t know that was important to you. It won\u2019t happen again.\u201d And it never did. Simple. Easy. What if a choice for us does not have to be a choice against someone else? What if we could simply state what works for us and allow the other person to choose it or not?<\/span><\/b><\/span>&nbsp;&#8220;<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><p><span style=\"color: #0b5394;\"><span style=\"background: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"background: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;helvetica neue&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><b>~Kass Thomas<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">For more about Kass and her classes, recordings, books &amp; products, go here!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kassthomas.com\/shop\/\">http:\/\/www.kassthomas.com\/shop\/<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT IF A CHOICE FOR US DOES NOT &nbsp;HAVE TO BE A CHOICE AGAINST&nbsp; SOMEONE ELSE?&nbsp; &#8220;One of the things I realized in those early days is how many people are walking around with a chip on their shoulder waiting for someone to step out of line so they can unleash their anger. 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