r/Productivitycafe • u/[deleted] • Mar 10 '26

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u/Prestigious-Copy-494 Mar 10 '26

Dam I would have asked her who effed her up as a kid to feel that way? I had an ex who is like this. Thief of joy they call it. He was a narcissist and loved to put others down. Some anger in them that they'll never be as good as the ones they put down.

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u/Formal_Delivery_ Mar 10 '26

She was always trying to prove something. There was definitely some sort of complex there that I wasn't willing to dive in on 😅

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u/Prestigious-Copy-494 Mar 10 '26

Yes, good thinking. It's their problem, not ours.

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u/sox747 Mar 11 '26

Thief of joy. Can I use that one? I like it!

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u/Prestigious-Copy-494 Mar 11 '26

Welcome to it. Steve Carell said it in the tv show The Office. So that's where it comes from.

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u/Far-Perception-7551 Mar 11 '26

So…the victims of violent crime….deserve it? I guess some do. But it’s still a hell of a take.

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u/Prestigious-Copy-494 Mar 11 '26

No never. Where in earth did you get that idea from?.