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I wonder why some people think that relationships are transactions. I also associate such thinking with lower empathy and stronger sociopathy tendencies.
by jhayward 7y ago
I wonder why some people think that relationships are transactions. I also associate such thinking with lower empathy and stronger sociopathy tendencies.
- Enginerrrd 7y agoNot sure why everyone is hammering me on that one, since I don't think of relationships as transactional and I was just continuing the language of the analogy presented in the article. Conversations however, which are almost ubiquitously a prerequisite for friendship and connection, ARE heavily transactional on a fundamental level. I do think that it is important to consider what you look like to other people though. Are you offering them positivity, wit, humor, etc.?
- mLuby 7y agoRelationships are inherently transactions. Literally the defining act is transferring things between people, be those ideas, items, emotions, actions, etc. Perhaps you mean that some people view relationships as zero-sum, that in any interaction someone is gaining at the other's expense. That is rather obviously incorrect, yet as a strategy serves social parasites well (so long as they remain a minority).