People are fundamentally complicated. Broken people are even more complicated. It's difficult to unlearn baggage. If everyone you've ever dealt with does terribly indirect communication where you spend half the relationship trying to work out what they're saying and the other half trying to repair the damage from not having worked it out earlier, it's awfully difficult to then deal with people who tell you honestly & upfront what they want.
A quote I rather like from a Lois McMaster Bujold book is this: "[...] the late unlamented Tien Vorsoisson was one of those subtle feral parasites who leave their mates scratching their heads and asking Am I crazy? Am I crazy?"
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Date: 2005-09-11 01:10 pm (UTC)A quote I rather like from a Lois McMaster Bujold book is this:
"[...] the late unlamented Tien Vorsoisson was one of those subtle feral parasites who leave their mates scratching their heads and asking Am I crazy? Am I crazy?"