Cutting Losses
"You've got to be f***ing kidding me, right?"
"What?"
"I call you to see if you would like to hang out sometime, maybe Friday, and you say 'Oh yeah, I'll get back to you.' Now it's Tuesday and you never called me back. It's not the first time you've done it, and I'm pretty sick of trying. When is the last time you checked in just to see how I was doing? Does it even matter? Or is it only relevant when you need something from me? I'd honestly love to hear a good reason why I should even try to communicate with you anymore."
The three A's: Attention, Assistance, and Acceptance. I smiled when all three were denied.
A few minutes later, she approached him, crying. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to be like that." It was a final, desperate, futile attempt, and she became the victim of her own manipulation. She was transparent to everyone but herself.
"What?"
"I call you to see if you would like to hang out sometime, maybe Friday, and you say 'Oh yeah, I'll get back to you.' Now it's Tuesday and you never called me back. It's not the first time you've done it, and I'm pretty sick of trying. When is the last time you checked in just to see how I was doing? Does it even matter? Or is it only relevant when you need something from me? I'd honestly love to hear a good reason why I should even try to communicate with you anymore."
The three A's: Attention, Assistance, and Acceptance. I smiled when all three were denied.
A few minutes later, she approached him, crying. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to be like that." It was a final, desperate, futile attempt, and she became the victim of her own manipulation. She was transparent to everyone but herself.