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AIBU to ask if I’m just not a very nice person?

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Baskerville2 · 02/09/2024 20:01

Long term lurker but first time poster so please be kind.
I’m just beginning to wonder if I’m just not a very nice person?
I always try to be encouraging to people and be polite etc but my internal monologue just tells me that I’m just not nice.
I can be blunt and find it hard to be around people with no ambition or hypochondriac’s but just walk away rather than be rude.

My O/H says I can be a hard and blunt which I think doesn’t help how I feel about myself.

If I am just a bitch then how do I go about changing it without turning into someone who’s walked over. (You have to be very strong in my profession else you are simply walked over!)

Maybe a bit deep for a Monday night but it’s already been a long week!

OP posts:
username44416 · 02/09/2024 20:05

Don't call yourself mysoginist names.

Women are often criticised for behaviour men are praised for. There's nothing wrong with being direct or assertive.

Your internal monologue is years of conditioning that you have to be 'nice'. Don't be nice just be yourself. As long as you're not deliberately rude or antagonistic, you're fine.

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