icon: "polyamorous relationship anarchist (a rainbow-colored heart with the 'anarchy' capital letter A cutting through it, over a brick texture that suggests the heart is graffiti)"What causes me to make someone a priority is one of two things: we decided together to deliberately build a connection, or we have an energetic connection that is
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I like authentic human connection.
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Edited to add (because I was called away suddenly when I was trying to respond): Yes, of course my family members have a different level of importance to me than my friends, and romantic partners would also have a different level. But generally speaking, I don't need to consciously think about this, because the circle of people in my life is small enough that I usually have enough emotional energy for everyone. I hope that makes sense--and I apologize if I misinterpreted what you were talking about in your original post.
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Unfortunately it's still the hardest thing in the world for me to absolutely refuse to believe someone I care about when they frantically plead with me to please believe them. But believing them has not tended to work out well for me.
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*nods lots* I feel ya.
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I feel like there must be something I'm not doing just because it feels like a long enough pattern that the real constant is myself. It makes me feel like I must be bad at building the kinds of relationships I want. Which is probably true, given how much that part of my atrophied through school. But I digress; I don't want to make this about me too much.
In short, I sympathize.
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I appreciate when people share about themselves in response to things I post -- that is my favorite kind of comment. So feel free to digress as much as you want!
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