Thinking about 'negging' & whether it is gendered or gendered in the way people think it is.
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enough that I know it can't be coincidence. They also both do it to many, many people, not just to me.
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@sophiehannahCB1 Sly digs are meant to hurt, to undermine confidence, to manipulate. And I don't think men are primary culprits here. -
Definitely not. Definitely, definitely not!
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This is a *huge* coincidence! I was planning to tweet about negging today! So, I have *vast* experience. In my life, there are 2
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How do you handle it? Do you call them out on it? V tempting to wade into the passive aggressive swamp.
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I cut that one eventually. Cut the other off yesterday. Life's too short.
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Was it a formal cut-off, ie do they know they've been cut off?
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Oh yes,
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Do women ever do it to men or to other women?
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digs designed to upset, but in way that no one could ever prove that was what they were doing!
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This happened to me yesterday which made me think abt this. It was a female 'friend.'
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It so often is. So, notice how often said 'friend' does this. Once *can* just be tactlessness. > 10 times? Deliberate spite.
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I have seen guys be that way. I associate that kind of thing with guys that date multiple women at once.
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Insecure people do it to try to dominate other insecure people. I try not to let it work on me, and I take care not to do it.
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(Except I know it is, because no one coincidentally and quite by chance does that sly dig thing. And these 2 people have done it
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or sexual connection - one is extended family, one professional contact. One is woman, one is man. Both *constantly* make sly...
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world-champion-level neggers. Both occupy central structural roles in my life, so I've observed for years. Neither is a romantic
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