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I avoid discussions about relationships/emotions with people I don't feel comfortable around. Sappy, overly-emotional people I see as imposing/bothersome and generally try to avoid, or make it clear I'm not going to reciprocate in spontaneous emotion sharing. And while I resent that kind of overt "heart on sleeve" atmosphere, I do have an ever recurring urge to express my feelings, mainly through forms of art and acts of service. There's also the inner desire to be able to open up and confide to someone from time to time, and this is an extremely delicate issue for me as I have trouble trusting people. Solid confidentiality and loyalty are hard to find. And I think I'm way past the stage of idealizing certain people and relying on their support and guidance.


p.s. Sorry for the self-centered, 1st person perspective; I'm a heavy introvert. Perhaps I should add that I'm cool with listening to people and trying to help, as long as they don't expect me to show sentimentality and are willing to take a serious, down-to-earth approach. But if your idea is to just vent until you pass all of your negative emotions over to me so you can feel better, or you want to manipulate and stir me to act in a certain direction convenient to you, you should seriously fuck off.
This is the reason why my LSE dual cousin and her SLI husband don't get along. She cries and gets sappy and I'm there and I don't avoid these things; I share those emotions with her and comfort her. He can't stand it and just avoids her and walks away. I find that quite unkind. At least he's adult enough to realize and maybe hug her or show some gesture of compassion.