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People get too big for themselves. (Today I Learned #114)


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Today I Learned People get to big for themselves. Last Saturday I went over to my girlfriend’s apartment to help her move. Everything went smooth as usually. We hung out, talked and yadadada. It was only when we got to her new place and was in the presence of her roommate did I notice a change in her behavior in front of her roommate she became authoritative and disagreeable. I was shocked because of two reason. The first being that seldom did this girl ever behave in this manner with me before. There were small moments where she asserted herself obnoxiously but they were such little petty battles I conceded. The second reason why I was shocked was because this girl was acting as if she was commanding me to help her move. But in actuality I offered my help because I genuinely wanted to do so. It was really sad seeing her behave so poorly. Seeing her show her ugliest side. I became very unattracted to her. I grew very contentious towards her. But I held it all inside because I put myself in the situation. Instead of escalating the situation I sat quiet, observed, and just let her hang herself. I think she took this as a sign of weakness and continued to behave poorly. As I was helping her move her stuff she took the role as an overseer. It was just unfortunate. I used restrain and was very pleased to be done with the ordeal and head home. I find that type of behavior appualling. To act as if your owed the generosity of another person signals a strong sense of entitlement. Regardless of if your in a relationship with that person or not it seemed to be a poor choice to behave like you’re in control. I broke up with her. I told her that I was wasn’t very motivated to be in a relationship and I thought we would be better in the long term as friends.
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