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_refugee_  ·  4001 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Self-Reflection Sunday #2: What are your flaws?

My flaw is that I am your girlfriend. This part, anyway:

    I can look after myself, thanks.

I am independent to a fault. I respond poorly when people attempt to tell me what to do.

True story, which I only realized last night: we talked about ghosting on Hubski a while ago. Yesterday I was hanging out with some old friends. After I drove around and thought. It struck me that my ghosting habit began because one of those friends, who I've known for years and years, would always attempt to make me stay at parties in college. She'd insist I stay, in fact. Well, when I'm done with something I'm done and when I'm leaving, I'm leaving. So I stopped saying goodbye to her, which then became not-saying-goodbye in general. I realized I did this because of that whole independence thing, which honestly kind of tickled me because although I've realized it's a trait, I hadn't realized how long it had been this pronounced. Longer than I realized.

Along with the independence, I can be pig-headed and stubborn. I don't always communicate well with those I should try my hardest to communicate well with. (Hello, internet strangers! Don't worry, I can communicate with you just fine! - after all there is no price or import on our interactions)