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brianthedogmanlol OP t1_j6p3ayf wrote

Reply to comment by nightowl2023 in I (21M) am upset that my girlfriend (20F) did not do anything for my birthday by brianthedogmanlol

I mean i told her i just wanted her to write a card for me and she did not do that. am i still overreacting?

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nightowl2023 t1_j6p45fl wrote

>She didn’t get me anything*, which is ok cause i told her that i didn’t want anything*

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>Last week, she said that she wanted to take me shopping for my bday weekend but i said that it’s ok and i didn’t need anything*. I told her that i would rather just have her write a card and i didn’t need anything.*

Telling someone that you don't need anything. And then telling them "I would rather" leave your communication up to misinterpretation. You never actually said I want you to do x.

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