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arrow-up11arrow-down1imageGrippingreddthat.comLady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square27linkfedilinkcross-posted to: microblogmemes@lemmy.world
minus-squarekieron115@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoyou have to acknowledge the other person first, then you can jump into your story. otherwise it comes off as self-centered instead.
minus-squarefartographer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days ago“Wow! That story you told sure was a thing that you should feel the way you feel about it, and assume that I empathize! Now in my story…”
you have to acknowledge the other person first, then you can jump into your story. otherwise it comes off as self-centered instead.
“Wow! That story you told sure was a thing that you should feel the way you feel about it, and assume that I empathize! Now in my story…”