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I Dont Get It

I have always had a hard time understanding kindness. I've often felt confused or suspicious if someone was being nice to me. Genuine kindness. The kind where someone buys a homeless person something to eat instead of ignoring them. There have been times in the past when I gave a friend a place to stay or gave my last few dollars to someone else who I felt needed it more. If I am on the receiving end I cannot understand it. Why am I being treated nicely? Why are you helping me? I can't help but to think they want something from me or are trying to get close to me to hurt me by trying to gain my trust.

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SW-User

It's a sad but understandable to feel that way especially when you have been burned in the past by people.There are some truly genuine kind souls out there, but it is good to be cautious people aren't always what they seem. Some are wolves in sheep clothing as the saying goes, and some are angels in leather.

SW-User

There's actually a lot of people that feel like this. I was called a liar once online for making a comment that I'd helped someone when there also was the opportunity to take advantage of them and I didn't.

bijouxbroussard · F

@SW-User I always figure that someone who would go so far as to call someone they don't even know a liar is someone who knows he or she would've taken advantage in that situation and feels guilty.

SW-User

@bijouxbroussard Yes!! Just what I thought, thanks.

Spidervein69 · 51-55, F

When I am kind to others with no expectations of anything in return it makes me feel better.

bijouxbroussard · F

It’s interesting. Did you have ulterior motives when you were kind to others ? Most people who don’t understand kindness are not kind themselves, but that doesn’t seem to be so with you. 🤔

plague · 46-50, M

@bijouxbroussard no ulterior motives I did it because I cared and wanted to help.

bijouxbroussard · F

@plague Does it seem so unlikely that others might feel the same way ? 😊

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