If they meet you with a defensive attitude, blaming you for being sensitive or overreacting (or even just implying it with a judgmental look), you just learned a whole lot about this relationship. This person doesn’t care for you and respect you the way you thought they did, no matter how many kind things they occasionally do for you in the mix (which can certainly be confusing to process). You simply cannot afford to ignore the little things, because they can be extremely telling, and when you add them up, you’ll see the impact is bigger than you realize. Please pay attention to how the
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