i told a friend today that i wish we all came with instruction manuals. i know how i like to be treated in a relationship, what i appreciate receiving from others, but maybe it’s not such a safe bet after all to assume that others would want to be treated the same way. when i need something from someone, i try to ask for it. others need those around them to intuit that need.
i can totally work on that if i know that that’s something that’s expected of me. but my manual would include a section about known deficiencies which would absolutely include a warning about my limited abilities to be successful at guessing.
it’s not that i’m totally clueless. but still.
eleven bee 