68% of women put the needs of others first at the expense of their own, according to research*
One of the most time-consuming and painful things I’ve had to do since my mum passed away is sort through cupboards (and cupboards) full of her beloved needlework stuff. Recently, I offered up 12 neat, colour-ordered boxes full of high-end embroidery thread on a local online community site, free for ‘someone who could make use of them’, and after about 30 seconds had to switch off the comments, as demand was overwhelming.
The ‘rules’ of such an offer – as with most things – is first come, first served. But just as I was responding to lucky Number One, Number Eight’s words caught my eye: ‘Perhaps it would be nice for you to share them out with everyone, Samantha?’.
I didn’t want to share them out, I wanted someone to
