When I check up on friends who are going through a tough time, occasionally I get paranoid responses along the lines of why do you want to know? <\/p>\n
So while I have stayed friends with them, I never again check in with the paranoid. Who needs the aggravation? <\/p>\n
Hostile responses to innocent inquiries are not a good sign of mental stability. Why make it hard for people to care about you? When you increase the costs of talking to you, people naturally withdraw. <\/p>\n
I once sent this girl flowers. She responded, “It’s too early for this.” I never again sent her flowers. She later told me how much she appreciated them, she was just afraid to show me that. <\/p>\n
We train people how to respond to us. She trained me to hold back from loving her. <\/p>\n
I like to greet people I know. Some people respond rudely, and so I never greet them again. If we’re going to talk, they’re going to have to start. I’m not giving anything. <\/p>\n
I’ve driven across town to help an acquaintance and when I get there I see they’ve already solved the problem but they couldn’t be bothered to let me know (and thus save me a trip). So I don’t extend myself again to them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When I check up on friends who are going through a tough time, occasionally I get paranoid responses along the lines of why do you want to know? So while I have stayed friends with them, I never again check … Continue reading