From the Friendship Consent Form thread. Do not let anyone suggest to you that they have taken on a role like this involuntarily or out of necessity. You have so many people venting to you that you have to triage them, it's a problem you've fostered. You get something in return.https://twitter.com/fyeahmfabello/status/1196553202965061632 …
I think 'having your shit together' and 'being a receptacle for other people's problems' are mutually exclusive. The overtly malicious incarnation of this 'empathy' is an innate weakness of a world where these boundaries aren't observed and we rely on boilerplate instead.
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People in the position of Not Having Shit Together often look to other who do Have It Together because it offers a slight bit of stability in their life that they potentially wouldn't normally have. The retweeted tweet and OP of it does come off as somewhat predatory but still ->
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feels somewhat relatable because at a certain point you would like to not have it be the only real engagement you have with that person. The problem is that most of the time, that's all that they can provide. Not trying to sound insensitive but it does drag at times and makes you
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