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In life, we all have our fair share ofembarrassing moments.
But how they affect us depends entirely on how we choose to deal with them.
For thisRedditor, that choice wasnt so easy.
The $1,500 couch their guest had slept on was broken.
A real pity, to say the least.
The host is upset about their expensive couch.
The friend feels terrible for breaking it.
Neither of them wanted this to happen.
Yet it seems that some kind of conversation is necessary to wipe the air.
These discussions are often labeled as difficult, but psychotherapist and retired palliative care physicianDr.
Kathryn Mannixprefers a different term: tender.
She shares more about this in her bookListen: How to Find the Words for Tender Conversations.
Of course, talking about a broken couch is far from the weight of discussing a terminal illness.
