It’s important to take note when someone is in a bad mood and doesn’t want to talk because they don’t want to impact you with negativity. Not everything is personal.
You ever cried for yourself? I don’t mean self-pity with a party of one, but true genuine compassionate cry? The kind of compassion where self-respect and clarity are in the room together?
My favorite gender neutral way to address people is by calling them “Big Dog”
It:
- is usable for all identities
- makes people feel cool
- sounds sick as hell
Some people are literally not used to being loved unconditionally. They have never seen it, nor experienced it. They don’t even know how to identify it.
Some people haven’t been taken care of in this world.
So when you show up and take care of them, they almost reject it