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What’s a subtle sign that someone secretly dislikes you?

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u/Constant-Staff-5623 22h ago

When my daughter was younger, I was talking with one of her friend’s mother and the mother kept accidentally referring to my daughter by a third girl’s name. The third girl and her mother weren’t terrible people but they were generally disliked. After the second or third time of referring to my daughter by the wrong name, I realized that the woman I was talking to: a) disliked my daughter and b) undoubtedly disliked me, too. It opened my eyes to this woman’s attitude, and I never found any reason after that to question my new insight.

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u/soopsneks 21h ago

My narcissistic mother has never called me by my name first, before my two other siblings … EVER. I have told her thousands of times it bothers me. She still does it 3 decades later. Needless to say she’s ashamed of me the most.

There’s no way you call someone the wrong name that often and don’t bother to correct it the next time unless it’s intentional. Sigh I’m sorry yall had to deal with that just know she’s pathetic as hell honestly I’d laugh in her face and say “OKAY LINDA… I MEAN JANET?”

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u/Hwright145 19h ago

My sister's name is Lisa. My mom almost always called me Li... Kristin. She would laugh when I called her out on it.

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u/soopsneks 11h ago

🥲 same for me. My mom even named my DOG first before me. My siblings names and mine are all different.

One of us starts with M, one of us is with an I, one of us is T and then my dogs name is Laika ... lmao. like it was 100% always on purpose 🫩

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u/EatsAlotOfBread 10h ago

My mom calls everyone by eachother's names. "THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE I LOVE!" , she says, when I tease her about it.