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[quote=Anonymous]It’s always something that she builds up and/or anticipates and then complains about in the moment. The latest example, she’s been waiting to be selected in a lottery to join something since 2019. JUST THIS PAST SATURDAY she mentioned how much she wished she’d be selected for the lottery, how happy it would make her this summer. This morning I heard through the grape vine that she had finally been selected! I called her not too long ago to celebrate with her over the phone and DID NOT get the reaction I expected: she was completely apathetic and emotionless, and proceeded to complain about the whole thing!

Last summer, it was a highly anticipated vacation she was really looking forward to. She went and then complained about how much she hated being on vacation and then came home early. Then complained once she got home that she wished she was on vacation!

It’s literally everything. She once had me spend time helping her find a reputable upholsterer, look at fabrics with her, and even help her get pricing—tons of time. When the time came to deliver the chairs she refused and complained about how she didn’t want to do it anymore, it was too much work and she didn’t want to be without her chairs for a week. To this day she still complains about how she wants her chairs reupholstered!

I don’t know if any of these things relate to the other, but it’s just examples of the way she hypes up something and then swiftly comes to a halt, flips it around, and then complains about it as though it was something forced upon her. I can’t figure out what is going on, and today threw me for a loop. What is going on? Why does she do this with seemingly everything in her life?[/quote]

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