There was a time about a decade ago I was friends with this one woman. I had massive depression and as a result I was trying my hardest to not piss off people. At one point she said she blocked me for violating a rule. Which was either an extremely uncharitable view of what I said, a moment of temper on her part, or severe lack of reading comprehension on her part - none of which are good options.
And when I thought about his, I realised she was doing this with everyone to some extent or other. If everyone around you keeps failing to uphold The Rules, maybe, just maybe, that’s not their fault. In retrospect, I guess I only lasted as long as I did because I didn’t call her out.
There was a time about a decade ago I was friends with this one woman. I had massive depression and as a result I was trying my hardest to not piss off people. At one point she said she blocked me for violating a rule. Which was either an extremely uncharitable view of what I said, a moment of temper on her part, or severe lack of reading comprehension on her part - none of which are good options.
And when I thought about his, I realised she was doing this with everyone to some extent or other. If everyone around you keeps failing to uphold The Rules, maybe, just maybe, that’s not their fault. In retrospect, I guess I only lasted as long as I did because I didn’t call her out.