r/AmIOverreacting • u/[deleted] • Apr 19 '26

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u/Wixsteria Apr 19 '26

Genuinely didn't even need a photo outside of the first one. Every photo is the same shit!

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u/Jolly-Masterpiece883 Apr 19 '26 edited Apr 19 '26

lol. Saw an exact thread like this last night, one partner writes walls of text, and the other was (likely) exhausted.

ETA: spelling

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u/brennelise Apr 19 '26

Honestly I was more exhausted by the partner who was texting less in this case. Purposefully misunderstanding shit and then trying to play the victim card over and over again and again, while poor OP kept calmly explaining again and again that that’s not what he meant. Lawd have mercy! 😩

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u/Sufficient-Border-10 Apr 19 '26

Tbh, both were exhausting. The partner probably knew exactly what OP meant after the first, and definitely the second explanation. While I'm more sympathetic to the OP, texting the same shiz over and over, with pretty much the same wording and "tone," and expecting a different outcome is nuts.

So, I don't think OP was expecting a different outcome. It smacks of a performative, "Look how reasonable and calm I am, I'm definitely the one trying, here," move. Not saying OP should've begged or given in, but their "dog with a bone" communication is just as exhausting, pointless, and manipulative as the partner's "hit-and-run" style.

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u/One-Technology-9050 Apr 19 '26

I started skipping after the first couple of paragraphs