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Originally Posted by chihirochild
I'll walk in the door straight from the ICU and like literally still have blood on my shoes and she'll say, "omg I think my advisor likes this other person in my cohort more than me can you believe what she said" to which I have the desire to respond, "dude someone died in front of my face like 45 minutes ago I need a second before I can give a s*** about this."
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I'm a pretty nice person. Many people who know me would say that I am generally kind and tactful. But in the situation above, I'd probably say that out loud, and not feel guilty about it.
chihiro, you're not the jerk here.
The appropriate response to someone walking in the door after a day at the hospital with blood on their shoes is, "Are you ok? Want to talk about it? Let me get you a cup of tea," or similar, NOT "Let me unload the petty minutiae of my day on you."
Your roommate sounds like a boundary screaming to be set.
