If you had the craziest day of your life and are counting down the minutes until the kids are put down for the night; and the next thing you know a friend calls you desperate for someone to talk to. Your very first response is to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

My very 1st response would be a sigh of resignation... because it will probably be my friend who is going through some tough times and really needs to talk, so I'll take a deep breath and chat. I would hope she would do the same for me. Actually, I know she would. That is what friendship is for.

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Debbie

"Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves." --Benjamin Franklin

put my invesigative hat on and chat. If she is desparate out of boredom, I will politely let her go. If she is desparate out of crisis I will stay, listen and do whatever I can to help.

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I think my first initial response would be "what now?", but by that I mean "can anything else go on this day that needs my attention?". Nothing against the friend calling just that 'why oh why me?". Then once I get a sense for what my friend needs, I would politely tell her I will call her back once I put my kids down for the night so I could give her my undivided attention. Nothing is worse than trying to help a friend in need and having two kids screaming in the background "mooooommmmmm"

grab a chair and listen.

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The mighty oak started out as a nut that held its ground.

put myself aside and be a friend I would want to have.

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"Before I was a Mom I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body." ~Anonymous

put the cordless between my neck and shoulder, talk to her and keep cooking, cleaning, put the kids to bed and if i need to get off the phone then tell her I have another call I cant miss on call waiting and I will call her back!

Wow, I really feel heartless now!!!!


I'm too practical I guess. If someone needs my undivided attention, I cannot be dealing with my boys at the same time. It NEVER fails that when the house is quiet and the phone rings they spring up in action. I have YET to be able to carry on a phone conversation without interuption and if a friend of mine is in need, it would not only be frustrating to me but I would think frustrating to her to hear my kids in the background. At least, I would think it would be if I was the caller

You guys have better control over your kids than I do!!!

I would talk to her while I kept doing what needed to be done.

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~Happiness is a large family~

Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger. James 1:19

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 1 Corinthians 9:24