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“Trying to garner sympathy/empathy on the very first date. They want you to feel sorry for them to gauge your kindness/how much bs you’re willing to put up with, and they also want to get you off kilter from the get-go, where you feel obligated to stay and entertain the relationship because you feel bad for them. A normal person would be trying to impress you on a first date, not telling you a sob story.”
“Oh, dammit, I’m pretty sure this happened to me. We broke up nine years ago. But I remember that at the beginning of our relationship, she talked about a lot of bad things that had happened in her life, and I felt like I was rescuing her. Then, later down the road, she would blame me for anything bad that happened in the relationship.
She pulled me in with her sob stories and then emotionally stomped me into the ground when I was too emotionally invested in her.”
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