Here's a short story:

When it comes to relationship, we spend a lot of time discussing their joys, but rarely talk about the pain when they break down. Yet most people have a story about a broken relationship. 

For Jane Black, a six-year friendship ended when her friend was rude to one of her children. "After quite a few drinks at a party in my house, she said something rude to my child. I ended the friendship face to face at the party," she says. "I didn't realize what I was doing at the time, I was simply standing up for my child, but in her eyes any challenge was a betrayal." 

When Angela Thompson noticed a seven-year friendship disappearing, she let it go. "I didn't know how to deal with the issue. I didn't sit down for a grown-up conversation; I just walked away quietly." The decision caused a reaction among Thompson's other friends. "The other friends in the circle are the worst people when you are trying to break up with a friend," she says. "They don't want you to stop being friends, because it puts them in a difficult position. You get told to just get it over." 

Though we have plenty of measures for handling conflict at work or family fight, we still don't have good ways of ending friendships. Do we sit down and properly break up, or just walk away? Psychologist Serena Cauchy has the following advice. 

Don't blame. 

Talk about your needs and feeling rather than talking like a Dutch uncle. 

Do talk about your needs. 

Talk about why the friendship is not working for you--about how your needs aren't being met. 

Don't gossip. 

Negative talk hurts everyone involved and in some cases can make matters worse. 

Don't be so accessible. 

If there is a common wish to conclude the friendship, then you can remove it. (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question. Give ONLY the guess, no other words or explanation.

For example:

Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: What is the profession of the person who gives advice in the story?
Guess: Psychologist

Question: Is it a man or woman?
Guess: woman

Question: What is her first name?
Guess: Serena

Question: And last?
Guess: Cauchy

Question: What is her 1st piece of advice?
Guess: Don't blame

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: What does she compare talking about your needs and feelings to?

a Dutch uncle