I will never understand ppl who raise a grievance at the exact moment you raise a grievance. I don’t believe in counter complaints, they should be separate issues entirely. I’m willing to discuss what I have done, but we’re going to finish the conversation I raised first.
you attract avoidants because you don’t write people off the second they get hard to read. you search for the reason behind their behavior instead of assuming they don’t care
My cat Louis needs daily medication.
He will not take a pill. Not hidden in food. Not crushed. Not wrapped in anything. We tried everything.
Then we discovered the system.
Step one. Take the packet out of the cupboard very slowly.
Step two. Hold it up. Make surprised faces.
Us: Oh. OH. What's this. What IS this. Is this a TREAT? A TREAT FOR LOUIS?
Louis: (ears up)
Louis: (suspicious but interested)
Step three. Offer him the pill.
Step four. Before he can sniff it — pull it back. Wag a finger. Return it to the packet like it's something precious we almost gave away by accident.
Louis: (more interested now)
Louis: (what was that)
We repeat this four or five times. Each time getting him more confused. More convinced this is something he desperately needs to know about.
By the end he's so wound up by the mystery that when we offer the pill again he eats it as fast as possible.
Just to find out what it is before we can take it away.
Then.
The realisation.
Louis: (sits perfectly still)
Louis: (expression changes completely)
Louis: (the look of a creature who has been betrayed at the deepest level)
Louis: (stares at us)
Us: (staring back)
Louis: (walks away slowly)
Louis: (with whatever dignity he has left)
Me: (same thing tomorrow)
Me: (works every time)
Me: (he never learns)
Me: (we never get tired of it)
My mother had her entire world view shifted when I was like ~12 ish she said you shouldn't go braless around your grandpa and I said "oh he's a pedophile?" and I watched her mind shatter in front of me and no similar topic ever came up again
To the black woman who said the reason karma isn’t getting those evil rich white men is because they’ve convinced everyone to pray to their god…..I hope you’re having the best day.
If I ever just stopped fucking with you cold turkey it's because I know more than you think I know. It's no beef either, I just like to go my seperate ways in peace.