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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What kind of feelings?  Feelings about what?

Most toddlers even realize they have feelings.[/quote]

Like you actually care about people. Just generally.[/quote]

Interesting OP. I actually am starting to feel the opposite as I age. Not that I "don't care" about people but I have a much lower tolerance for behaviors that are off-putting to me. I no longer try to impress others, if you don't like me well you don't like me and I am actually totally okay with that. Doesn't mean I'll treat you badly, I just won't put any energy towards you. [/quote]

+1 Once I hit my 40's I started to care a whole lot less about what other people think and my tolerance for BS is at an all time low.[/quote]

+2 this is the gift of middle age[/quote]

+3, I used to care a LOT about other people, and now I mostly care about those close to me and myself. I care about "other people" in the sense that I care generally about poverty and war and I do donate money to help people and volunteer at my kid's school and generally wish other people well in a general sense. But I care so much less about specific other people in my life and it is so liberating.

The biggest change is not allowing people outside my inner circle to place expectations on me or use guilt/manipulation to get me to do things for them. I used to be so susceptible to this because I had this outsized sense of responsibility for other people's happiness. It caused me so much grief and inconvenience over the years. Done with that.[/quote]

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