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MadrasT

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13. If you are raised by parents who continually do this...

Reply to gkhouston (Reply #12)

Tue Mar 20, 2012, 05:18 AM

Mar 2012

When you grow up you don't have any way of knowing it isn't normal. You actually believe you are defective and that other people like this are giving you accurate feedback (not just being jerks).

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Negging [View all] ZenLefty Mar 2012 OP

btw - thats not a gendre related word dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #1

And I always take coupe v roadster question seriously! REP Mar 2012 #4

That was just a gender neutral example dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #6

I can be spectacularly oblivious REP Mar 2012 #7

Jeans.....lol dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #8

Those are CUTE! REP Mar 2012 #9

I wish I had understood this as a young woman zazen Mar 2012 #2

My approach was pretty blunt and inelegant REP Mar 2012 #5

Do you think maybe some men (and maybe even women) need social skills? :) Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2012 #10

Neil Strauss was great on this--lots of narcissists and Randroids around that community MisterP Mar 2012 #3

A recent movie made this popular. It just seems dumb to me. stevenleser Mar 2012 #11

Why would I waste my time hanging around someone who tries to make me feel bad about myself? gkhouston Mar 2012 #12

If you are raised by parents who continually do this... MadrasT Mar 2012 #13

Do you think there is a significant percentage of women who are vulnerable to this? stevenleser Mar 2012 #14

I don't know how significant the number is. MadrasT Mar 2012 #15

I've seen these women a lot. Neoma Mar 2012 #16

+1 Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #17