There's been some really great advice and definetley will be enacting them...It really was disappointing when I initially did it, I was excited for myself to be able to share this and since Person B expressed interest...figure, "hey no big deal, I don't mind teaching her," but it definetely brings to mind, give an inch and they'll take a mile...
Sigh...you hit it on the nose, Sulis, defintely a can of worms was open. I know for me, I was just too nice, too naive, and underestimated her. I didn't even think nothing about the book or anything and figure subconsiciously, I'm just sharing, but sigh...it's like trying to be nice and feed a group of ducks only to be overwhelmed...
Hmm...think it'll be enough to tell her...I'm charging "$20.00" for readings as a way to make extra money for the holidays? Hopefully that'll dissuade her from constantly asking me and telling everyone, hey this is what she does...I mean she wants to keep reading on her own...great...and may the Tarot Gods show mercy and help her learn along the way...but it's just irking to me that I feel like I'm just being insulted like a show monkey...
Any ideas what to do about the name pitching...already "Hiding" right now since it's getting close to Halloween...thankfully a friend, whom gets label "Person C"..lol, and I discussed this and she was basically...don't worry, if "Person B" brings anything up about you and Tarot readign, I"ll (Person C) will say thanks but I don't want to bother her (me) about that unless she (me) brings it up and since it's a PERSONAL thing she doesn't want flaunted without her permission. Whew...there.
For me, it feels very tacky she's "volunteering my services" without even asking me, and to top it off...in retrospect, put me on the spot about doing a reading when she and Person A was suppose to come over for "just a visit".
Good ideas everyone though about the charging...Lol...I guess I'm just passive aggresive, but needed a "polite and more tactful approach" to dealing with this and finding a way to nip it in the bud.
What's sad, is that everyone she is volunteering to me, I can tell they feel put on the spot and are embarrassed too and it's like okay do I joke and say, "Et Tu" or how can I get out of this without embarassing myself, her and everyone involved...
I want to be able to share Tarot reading with everyone, but it really bugged me it went from sharing to suddenly, "I'm everyone's Reader" and particularly in the fact it was really done without thinking that, hey she (me) might have other things and there is a reason she isn't doing this professionally or all the time.
I think the best analogy is the book, "When you give a Mouse a cookie..." that my son has...we've been trying to teach him, how to be polite when someone offers him a treat, but that it's rude to keep asking for more, without thinking about the other person, (particularly with it getting close to trick or treat and we are trying to teach him, to not ask for more candy from the same person, doesn't work like that) and that maybe they are being nice but that doesn't mean an invitiation to invite oneself all the time to the cookies....except if they are cover with fudge then in that case, its a drag out fight...muhahahaha.
At the same time...thank you everyone for responding...It's help me get a good laugh and find a way that won't leave me feeling like such a Grinch, on top of screening my phone calls...LOL
I was so afraid I would come off looking so rude and yet...unfortuantely nothing in Miss Manners on how to deal with friends who keep asking for unsolicited tarot readings all the time after being politely offer just one. Lol..thank you everyone for being Miss Manners and helping me get out of sticky situation without having to go into the witness program.