There is no thumbs up big enough for this. My first thought after reading the article was "what kind of lapdog are you trying to be, stand up for yourself woman

There is no thumbs up big enough for this. My first thought after reading the article was "what kind of lapdog are you trying to be, stand up for yourself woman!" I immediately felt bad about that because she is trying to be an empathetic person, but how can you empathize with this? Someone tries to help you, you are an jerk to them. Would you keep helping your parents being an absolute jerk, or would you tell them to knock it off, then help them? I occasionally work with customers nowadays (but spent years in customer service) and I cant help but think this is a person who is going to be worn out by hordes of inconsiderate jerks because they are empathizing too hard.