I see overreaction
You see red
You see: "you've broken a promise, watched it with
another boy"
I see: "I was lonely and wanted to watch
a movie we'd planned to watch together on my couch"
I see: turn over and slowly drift to sleep
with my love by my side
You see: you're being distant, now I feel alone
and hurt
You see: I smoked without him Thursday night,
that's so disrespectful of me
I see: you enjoying time with friends while I need
a night in alone
I see: you walk out of the galleria after saying
cattily: "I'll take those keys now"
You see: me hurting you, being inconsiderate, invalidating
your feelings
You see: the silent treatment
I see: you slowly inch away from me with each
passerby
I see: myself trying to understand why you feel so
intensely about this, why you believe me (by some default setting)
to be driven by self-interest; general inconsideration
You see: me invalidating you
You see: me as someone who can't see what I contribute
to the struggle
I see: you continue to question my awareness and intent
I see: clarifying questions, then my own defensiveness
because I am being accused of intent I never had
You see: your feelings invalidated and me being
defensive
I see: you assuming the worst
You see: what you want to see
May 20, 2018
May 20, 2018 at 12:48 PM UTC
I see overreaction
You see red
You see: "you've broken a promise, watched it with
another boy"
I see: "I was lonely and wanted to watch
a movie we'd planned to watch together on my couch"
I see: turn over and slowly drift to sleep
with my love by my side
You see: you're being distant, now I feel alone
and hurt
You see: I smoked without him Thursday night,
that's so disrespectful of me
I see: you enjoying time with friends while I need
a night in alone
I see: you walk out of the galleria after saying
cattily: "I'll take those keys now"
You see: me hurting you, being inconsiderate, invalidating
your feelings
You see: the silent treatment
I see: you slowly inch away from me with each
passerby
I see: myself trying to understand why you feel so
intensely about this, why you believe me (by some default setting)
to be driven by self-interest; general inconsideration
You see: me invalidating you
You see: me as someone who can't see what I contribute
to the struggle
I see: you continue to question my awareness and intent
I see: clarifying questions, then my own defensiveness
because I am being accused of intent I never had
You see: your feelings invalidated and me being
defensive
I see: you assuming the worst
You see: what you want to see
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