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Quite rarely in my time, Ruth. I've got a couple of friends who say "You're crazy", but say such in jest. :-)
Yes, well, there's good crazy, then there's bad crazy. There's also something to be said for the fact that in a mad, mad world, the sane people appear to be the crazy ones.
25% of the people in the world will love you no matter what. You may remind them of a favorite relative, their mom or dad, or someone, or it is some sort of chemical reaction. Nothing you do will change how they feel about you.
25% of the people in the world will hate you no matter what. You may remind them of a despised relative, their mom or dad, or someone, or it is some sort of chemical reaction. Nothing you do will change how they feel about you.
25% of the people in the world are predisposed to like you. All you have to do to make them like you is be yourself.
25% of the people in the world are predisposed to dislike you. This the the only 25% that you really affect. You can either try to figure out the thing that would overcome the predisposition and avoid doing it, or you can increase the likelihood that they won't like you, or you can just let the chips fall where they may.
The really good news about this whole 25% thing? That usually the same people fall into the same 25% for you. So, the love, and the hate, and the like, and the dislike are mutual. Knowing that helps take a lot of stress off relationships.
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I'd be interested to know the context/setting in which someone has said this to you, OP. What provoked it?
Some time ago I had words with someone, accused me of some petty b.s. that I knew nothing about. Anyway, we exchanged words, I said to him, "Yeah, you're lookin' for a scapegoat!" He replied with, "No, I just don't like you."
Point being, that's the second time in my entire life that someone point blank said to me, "I don't like you"; the first time was in high school, a million years ago. Since then, others have pretended to like me but [their] actions prove otherwise.
I really don't care if someone likes me or not, it's their problem. But I'm not gonna stoop to their level and retaliate. In the words of the late Steve McQueen: You work your side of the street, I'll work mine.
I can get a pretty good indication of someone's feelings towards me based upon their actions and how they treat me - I wouldn't need them to verbalize it.
Though, I wouldn't mind either way - they wouldn't be the first and won't be the last. I have more important things to worry about than my popularity standing.
Would you rather have someone actually tell you they didn't like you, or would you prefer them not tell you but convey it in their demeanor?
For me, they can express it however they want to. I don't care that much if someone dislikes me...my world doesn't revolve around that person, which may be what caused the problem in the first place. I just have too many other things going on in my life to care about winning popularity contests with everyone.
What I see is people that I like some of the times and other times I don't. Or maybe I just don't care for them that much.
A family member (by marriage) brags about their adult daughter all the time. I get tired of listening to this. Sometimes I wonder if they are trying to tell me she is better than me.
There are people I have had to deal with that act like they know everything, they are smarter than me, etc. They don't want to hear my opinions.
There was one woman I worked with for a few years that was not interested in what I did on the weekend or when I took a vacation. But, I would always ask her about these things. She was friendly to me and we did go to some singles events when she was desperate to meet men because her husband left her. I feel that she just used me when she needed somebody.
For me, if I don't have to work or spend time with these types of people, I would not spend time with them.
Just get the hell out of my life!
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