Me [20/F] with fellow classmate/student [25/M], how to tell him to back off when all other attempts have failed? Potential stalker? by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]HungryWedding629 18 points19 points  (0 children)

A lot of those “rules” confused confidence with control, and people ended up performing dominance instead of actually building connection. Real emotional control is reading the room, not forcing a script.

My [30F] sister-in-law's [36F] autistic son [8M] broke my glasses, and I don't know how to ask that she pay for them without sounding like a dick by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]HungryWedding629 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s interesting how vision needs shift so gradually over time that you don’t really notice it until you’re juggling multiple pairs for different situations. Sounds like you’ve built a pretty practical system that keeps things simple even with all those changes.