Positive reminder that kindness isn't to be a doormat.

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Piper · 61-69, F

True. It is unfortunate that some people mistake another's natural inclination to be kind, as an expectation they should be able to treat them like a doormat.

basicpoet33 · 80-89, M

@Piper As a doormat or as a phony!

Piper · 61-69, F

@basicpoet33 Yeah. Surely a person can't be genuinely 'good', kind or compassionate, unless they allow themselves to be treated in a way that is not acceptable to them.

basicpoet33 · 80-89, M

@Piper Altruism is not dead, but is closing in on endangered.

Queendragonfly · 31-35, F

@Piper You can be genuinely good even if you say no to people

Piper · 61-69, F

Of course you can, @Queendragonfly. I replied in a not at all serious way, in response to what I thought was meant by "or as a phony". I may have been wrong about how I perceived the comment I replied to, but my reply was sarcasm.

basicpoet33 · 80-89, M

@Piper I understood it as sarcasm and chuckled!