RULE TO BREAK
“Sometimes you need a good moan”
You can moan to your parents, and to your partner and close friends so long as they can moan back to you. That’s it. To other people, you present a cheerful face regardless of how you feel. You can mention negative things, but you can’t whinge about them. Just grin and move on.
Why? Because moaning is habit forming, that’s why. And because it’s not endearing to listen to either. The more you get into the moaning groove, the more you’ll do it. And that will bring you down, along with the people who have to listen to it.
Moany, whingy people are a pain. For one thing, it’s fairly depressing to listen to. For another, they’re usually talking about themselves so it’s a pretty self-centred line of conversation. ...
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