So my girlfriend apologises compulsively. I find it easy to talk to her about the reasons why she may do that; however, she posed to me a question today which I found a little more tricky to answer:

How do I feel when I tell her to stop apologising, and why do I feel the need to tell her to stop apologising?

It’s honestly something I never gave thought to before. It is a very, very minor annoyance - to the point where I feel calling it an ‘annoyance’ is too harsh - but I don’t actually know why I feel the need to tell her stop doing it all the time.

I’m hoping someone can help me put it into words. So I ask you, Lemmy: how does it feel when someone apologises too much, and why do you feel the need to tell them to stop apologising?

  • IndiBrony@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 days ago

    I do experience a bit of the paradox of impatience:

    “Sorry”

    “Don’t be sorry”

    “Are you angry?”

    “I’m not angry”

    “Did I do something wrong?”

    "NO YOU DIDN’T DO ANYTHING WRONG FFS!!* 😂

    Yeah, I know the struggle 😂