More thoughts on the self-absorbed.

[randomness]

Self-absorbed people have a tendency to launch into conversation about themselves assuming you already know key points about themselves that they have never told you. This more often happens when they're seeing you again after some absence. It never occurs to them that you wouldn't know, because it's so important and obvious to them. This can make conversations with them confusing.

Sometimes, they get offended at you for not knowing things they haven't told you, because your not knowing them means you clearly didn't care enough to pay attention to things they didn't tell you. But this is a somewhat more extreme case.

(Thanks to cmeckhardt for helpful changes in wording.)

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[r-ness.livejournal.com]

I guess I'm curious what brought this thread on?

Oh, you know, people... :)

There's a friend on a tear, and there's the self-absorbed, and *gasp* I actually can tell the difference, thankyouverymuch.

Yeah. I think one big giveaway is that the friend on a tear is, in fact, just on a tear. The rest of the time, they're not. Those who are truly self-absorbed are generally talking about themselves, and it's a remarkable exception when they're not.

We should do dinner again sometime; you're fun to talk with.

We should! And you are, too.