• Foggyfroggy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Reminds me of love languages, which is a concept that has stuck around in my head a lot longer than I would have expected.

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    1 year ago

    Owning cats helped me realize love is not simply words. Every cat I had showed their affection towards me differently, but i could still recognize it the same.

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    1 year ago

    I wish. One of my kids actually interacts with me without prompting, the others not so much… My wife acknowledges me first about once a quarter. My extended family notices me once a year or less! I haven’t had friends invite me first to anything in so long, it’s always me inviting them. At least my dog acknowledges me on a frequent basis.

    Good for op, but I have none of that.

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    1 year ago

    that’s a wholesome post but it also sounds in healthy and repressed. the world doesn’t end if y’all say i love you to your family members once in a while

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      1 year ago

      Everyone has a different love language. Some say it and some prefer to show it in other ways.

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        1 year ago

        I am here for all of this. We all love, and most of us are bad at saying it. We can give. We can say it. I love so many people. Tell them. Really tell them. It is more freeing than it is free to say.

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    1 year ago

    I don’t want gifts and it annoys me when I get them because you’re just receiving an obligation to work out what the giver likes when it’s their birthday or Christmas.

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      1 year ago

      What an awful way to view gift giving.

      I don’t ever expect reciprocation when I give a gift. That’s the entire point of a gift. We’re not bartering.

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        1 year ago

        Just out of curiosity would you still buy someone gifts if you knew they didn’t like receiving them?

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          1 year ago

          Short answer is “no”. I don’t want to make people uncomfortable and won’t foist gifts onto them that they don’t want. It can be nuanced though, depending on the person and situation. Some gifts are better received than others. Some might not even be perceived as gifts.