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We Need To Talk About Toxic Support

We Need To Talk About Toxic Support

You can be “supportive” and ruin your life that way. You could also ruin someone else’s life. Don’t be that person.

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Dec 20, 2022
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You can be “supportive” and ruin your life that way. You could also ruin someone else’s life. Don’t be that person.

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My ex Harold* and I broke up because he kept insisting on being supportive in his own way. (Well, it was one of many reasons we broke up. The dude’s totally undateable.) People are often shocked to hear th…

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