chuso@kbin.social 6 months ago
Yes, there are red flags there IMHO.
You know, I've seen similar behaviours so many times from people that they tell you how many problems they have and they kind of put the burden on you to deal with their problems. I don't mean you cannot be supportive of them if they really have problems they are trying to fix, but you shouldn't be dealing with someone else's problems if they don't want to do anything about them themselves.
I usually listen to them, tell them that I understand they are going through hard times and that I understand how tough that is being for them and all that supportive stuff... and then I tell them to go to therapy.
We cannot be someone else's therapists. Unless, you know, we are actual therapists. And even in that case, they would have to go through one of our formal therapies. I don't think even therapists get into relationships with someone just to fix them.
Some people will take the advice and consider getting help while others will not even consider it because they just want to take you hostage of their emotions. It's not worth putting any much more effort into someone who is apparently crying for help but doesn't really want to make any change and just wants to manipulate you instead.
And punching other people? Yeah, I don't care how "honourable" his reasons were, that's also a red flag.
DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
I think that OP is work-shopping a short story.
This post feels familiar, so I looked at the account history.
Little details change here and there, but the guy is always the exact same size, and they always meet on reddit:
lemmy.ca/post/18971543?scrollToComments=true
lemmy.ca/post/19799717?scrollToComments=true
lemmy.ca/post/19845589?scrollToComments=true
lemmy.ca/post/20611177?scrollToComments=true
Therapists don’t tell other people things about their clients.
Nut allergies don’t prevent you from flying.
Based on her other posts, at the end of the story she’s going to get away either because of a solar flare giving him a heart attack, or by playing a loud burst through his headphones.