YarraByte@aussie.zoneM to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 1 day agoDiscussion Thread 🦘 Friday 17 October 2025message-squaremessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1message-squareDiscussion Thread 🦘 Friday 17 October 2025YarraByte@aussie.zoneM to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 1 day agomessage-square145fedilink
minus-squareSeagoon_@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·14 hours agoTalk like that concerns me. I don’t find it funny, tell her to not ever say anything like that in jest and if she is being manipulative I would cut her as a friend. What does she want from you? If she doesn’t overtly ask for something what do you think she trying to manipulate you into doing?
minus-squareLowExperience2368@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·14 hours agoShe wants someone to comfort her in her distress. I told her that a psych appointment takes five minutes to book, she can see one through Zoom, it’s FREE through her uni, and she won’t get one straight away, so the don’t have time is an excuse.
minus-squareSeagoon_@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 hours agoencouragement is what she needs, not comfort “You can do it!”
Talk like that concerns me. I don’t find it funny, tell her to not ever say anything like that in jest
and if she is being manipulative I would cut her as a friend.
What does she want from you?
If she doesn’t overtly ask for something what do you think she trying to manipulate you into doing?
She wants someone to comfort her in her distress. I told her that a psych appointment takes five minutes to book, she can see one through Zoom, it’s FREE through her uni, and she won’t get one straight away, so the don’t have time is an excuse.
encouragement is what she needs, not comfort
“You can do it!”
Done :))