Conspicuously resistible for as long as I can recall, I've become quite adroit in the art of guilt induction. Unable to attract others on my own merit, I craft emotional scenarios, offering its hapless participants an unholy dilemma:
1. Reject my insufferable advances, "abandon" me, and bear the wrath of unremitting guilt, or
2. Concede to conscience, stay put, and revel in agony.
They may not stay of their own volition, but not leaving for fear of feeling sub-human does afford me acceptable consolation.
I doubt I've consciously adopted this malicious coping strategy, but I do reap its "rewards" and must, therefore, be held accountable.
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