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Me: I don’t know why that person kept staring at me.
Mom: Maybe they recognized you from somewhere.
Me: Yeah, you’re probably right.
I never objectify people that it bothers me when people eye-eff me out of the blue, but now I think to myself, “It’s just a habit, and you can easily tell those same people are harmless, because as soon as you ask them for directions or something, they won’t mind helping.”
Sometimes it’s really hard not to take things personally, especially when one of your best qualities is being questioned in a condescending way, and no matter how confident, and level-headed you are, you feel like if you don’t put that person in their place, they’re going to eventually walk all over you — not that you’ll let them. Sure, you can always try, and see it from the other person’s perspective, but I still think that Paulo Coelho was right when he said, “Sometimes when I’m angry, I have the right to be.”
There’s rarely any drama in my life, and that’s how I know that I rarely take things personally. If anything, I get that “what was that about?” vibe whenever someone says something super salty out of the blue. Admittedly, sometimes it feels like you can’t win no matter what you do; you try to calm the other person down, and you’re suddenly being condescending, and patronizing. You tell it like it is without holding anything back, and you’re suddenly reacting instead of thinking.
Personally, I never care about being right, and when people do me wrong, I don’t want/expect them to apologize, and when I do people a favor, they’re not obligated to say thanks or be grateful. I just want to live peacefully, and I noticed that, the fewer the people I interact with, the less drama to worry about.