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Originally Posted by divine1966
Some people like to pretend that they know things (they don’t, at the most they googled it lol) and then go on and on “teaching” it to others who neither asked for it or want to hear it or find any validity in that pretend “knowledge”.
Well they do it with “people pleasers” who might lack assertiveness. I wonder if you come across as extremely agreeable to the point of being a bit passive so these people use you to make themselves feel better. They’d not try it on people who’d shut them up quick
So I am convinced you’d need some assertiveness training. There is such thing is being TOO nice
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Yeah true. It is possible they think I am so passive that they can do what they want to make themselves feel better. Another reason I am not as assertive, especially with those who are way older, is the possibility I may embarrass them and cause them to get mad. For example, with the mother telling me how to use public transit, she was doing that in front of other family members and she is extremely quick to anger especially if embarrassed or in a way, told she is wrong. So I just kept my mouth shut even though mentally I was thinking, nope, absolutely wrong. That's not how you use public transit. I agree, people pretend to know something very well when they most likely just googled it.