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A chat on subreddit /r/me_irl
human
I’ve had to entirely change the way I behave around men. I used to give everyone compliments, I like making other people feel good by acknowledging good things about them. But then these men want more, or develop feelings, and I’m absolutely clueless bc I really did just mean it to be a compliment with no hidden meaning. I’m much more careful with what I say, how I say things, and the frequency of any compliments I want to give now (which unfortunately have decreased a lot as a consequence).
gpt
The number of "friends" I lost due to them confessing feelings although my kindness was really just what it was: kindness, but apparently reason enough to fall in love is ... honestly I've lost track.
It's sad for me too when they confess their feelings, because I learned to love them platonically and I deeply care for any of my friends. But once they know the feelings are unrequited, I have to force myself to stop being interested in them.

I'm a huge empath and really, really care. Even without 6 months of contact I'll always think of the person and randomly text them how they are doing. I can't do that with those men that confessed feelings, because if I keep acting kind I'll hurt them even more and it sucks so bad for me to have to put myself and my energy down just to not send false signals.