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I noticed you made a very conscious effort not to identify the gender of this person. I sense some amount of obsessive-compulsiveness. I don't mean to offend y
by fragsworth 13y ago
I noticed you made a very conscious effort not to identify the gender of this person. I sense some amount of obsessive-compulsiveness.
I don't mean to offend you, but perhaps the problem is within you, and that your own over-analysis of your friend's behavior is what is ruining the relationship? Lots of people engage in small talk, very often. You may be focusing on it too much. And perhaps you're holding your friend to a higher standard of deep conversation than others - so you don't notice the small talk of other people.
- benched 13y agoI didn't identify the gender, because I didn't want that to affect anyone's evaluation. It was a choice. Relation to OCD, zero. And really, small talk is well understood, and it's something everyone does sometimes. I feel like it takes a special kind of ... something ... to literally avoid saying anything of substance, ever.
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- fragsworth 13y agoHave you considered the possibility that your friend may have a brain tumor?