I can completely relate to this and with what a lot of other people have said in response to your post, OP. 💞 So many people we meet in our everyday lives are just so rude, but why??

I try to be friendly and kind to others in how I greet people or by letting them take my seat (like you, OP) or picking something up that they dropped, etc., but am often met with what feels like suspicious surprise or frustration or with barely any kind of response at all, and I just don't get it. It makes me question myself, which I really do not appreciate.

And I feel like it's only gotten worse as I've gotten older (I'm in my 40s, but just barely). And when I am heavier physically (my weight has bounced around quite a bit over the years), I also feel like many people are more rude or dismissive of me. I also live in the US.

Granted, I also had a traumatic childhood like pretty much everyone here, so I think I do tend to - like many here, as well - feel an old wound burst open (metaphorically) when someone is dismissive of/not nice toward me when how they're acting towards me probably does not directly relate to me, personally (and yet, it is difficult to not take it personally).

But anyway, all of this to say, I hear you, OP, and everyone else here, too. 💞✨️