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.
this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2024
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Repetition of needing to correct someone else's assumptions about my personal feelings is so frustrating.
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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.
Hypersensitivity to others is a bitch
Is it really being hypersensitive when it is wrong?
The opposite is worse... to others:-).
Ignoring the fact that your partner loves you isn't sensitivity.
Is this contextual based on the comic? I'm not familiar with the comic strip
This can get complicated when you know that the "No" can actually mean "Yes, but I don't want to get annoyed any further".
May as well just say "only when you ask me that" and get to where you were going eventually anyways.
"I'm not."
"Oh, god, I bet they're mad that I thought they'd be mad at me for asking!"
Me every other time I meet up with a friend
Honestly, comics like this are eye opening to me as I never would have imagined feeling this way.
Better ask them
"Get some confidence, stupid."
That's not funny