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Originally Posted by TrashyMcTrash  Am I misinterpreting something? I'm almost sure I do. |
Sounds like you're trying to please them. Do you have to live with them 24/7? If not, you've already got a good situation.
I'd ask myself "Why am I so upset with these people? What can they give me? Am I sucking up? Am I doing it because if I don't I'm afraid I will lose something?"
You can express your feelings to them, "I feel what you said was rude" or whatever needs to be said for the specific situation. But by staying silent and nodding your head, even when your teeth are grinding in frustration, you're allowing them to treat you the way they want to treat you.
As with the OP, these people may not understand how they're being jarring while others may know and well, you can't (and shouldn't) do much about them other than just leaving them be or keeping conversations respectful and short.