I've realized yet another thing, recently. Manipulation really irks me. People who want me to be how they see me, and not how I am bother me. I may like them otherwise, but that one trait is very troubling.
Heh. You're trying in a way that's obvious enough that I can duck it, and I'm used to it from you, so it doesn't bother me much. You're just having fun- you stay away from playing with my emotions, mostly (at least when I'm unhappy), and therefore, it's ok. But thanks. I was mostly kvetching about people who do such things to someone who's hurting really get my goat.
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