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[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 59 points 5 months ago

A one-off, or on occasion is fine; but having to constantly reassure someone that they aren't the cause of every single frustration you encounter gets extremely exhausting.

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 23 points 5 months ago

Repetition of needing to correct someone else's assumptions about my personal feelings is so frustrating.

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Energy vampires

[-] limelight79@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

My mother. She made some bandanas for our dog, and gave them to us a week or so ago. We thought they were cool. Later, she said, "Sorry you didn't like the bandanas." I was like, "News to me, I thought they were great." "Well, they weren't what was expecting."

I didn't even bother mentioning it to my wife until yesterday, who, of course, was fine with the bandanas, as I knew she would be. During that conversation, my wife and I talked about how we need to constantly walk on eggshells around her, because who knows what she'll be upset about next. It's exhausting.

I don't know where my mother gets this stuff. The sad part is that this is actually one of the more sane incidents.

[-] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 23 points 5 months ago

Hypersensitivity to others is a bitch

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 4 points 5 months ago

The opposite is worse... to others:-).

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 4 points 5 months ago

Is it really being hypersensitive when it is wrong?

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago

Ignoring the fact that your partner loves you isn't sensitivity.

[-] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Is this contextual based on the comic? I'm not familiar with the comic strip

[-] lath@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

This can get complicated when you know that the "No" can actually mean "Yes, but I don't want to get annoyed any further".

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

"I'm not."

"Oh, god, I bet they're mad that I thought they'd be mad at me for asking!"

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 months ago

May as well just say "only when you ask me that" and get to where you were going eventually anyways.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 6 points 5 months ago

Me every other time I meet up with a friend

[-] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Honestly, comics like this are eye opening to me as I never would have imagined feeling this way.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

"Get some confidence, stupid."

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

Better ask them

[-] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip -4 points 5 months ago

That's not funny

this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2024
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