Dave Balch: The Stress of People Who Won’t Take “No” for an Answer
As part of her breast cancer treatment my wife had to have radiation treatments every day, Monday through Friday, for six weeks at a medical center that was about 40 minutes from our home. Our friends were stunned at the idea of driving that far and back, that many times.
One weekend during the six weeks, a woman came up to us and said, “I’d really like to help out – I want to take you to your radiation appointment a few times.”
As we found out later when we talked about this event, both of us had the same thoughts about this offer:
1. It was very sweet of her
2. Chris didn’t want anyone taking her to radiation but me! She was tired and didn’t want to have to be sociable, she didn’t know what kind of driver this woman was, and she would probably want to have lunch or some other social event.
Chris responded, “That’s so sweet of you! I really appreciate the offer, but it’s really not a problem for us.”
The woman said, “No… you don’t understand… I REALLY want to take you a few times.”
“I appreciate that but it…”
“I’M TAKING YOU TO RADIATION!”
“Okay… we’ll call you.”
Do you think we called her??
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