I went on a date recently and my date grabbed my face and smelled it and said he could smell my pheromones. I thought this was hilarious, do I want him to do it again? definitely not, but the fact he did that is so funny to me. I told my roommate about it and she had a very different reaction to it. she said “of course you’d think that shit was funny. that’s kind of embarrassing, if (her boyfriend’s name) did that to me I would never tell you about that.”
I literally just didn’t know how to react. I got embarrassed, and the conversation came to an end. why should I feel embarrassed about something I wasn’t embarrassed about initially? I thought it was funny, there’s been a couple of similar things she’s said. how do I respond to that? I usually just let her make me feel bad about little stuff like that but I feel like I should stop.
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Roommate apparently gets satisfaction from picking on you. Seriously rethink what you choose to tell that person.
I’m late 40s. In my early 40s I had a manic episode for 4 months (bipolar) and when I came back to reality I decided to quit caring what people think and just be me. Best gift I ever received from mental illness that plagued me since childhood. I mean, after 4 months of rolling around with cats in driveways, talking to trees, and climbing people’s houses to clean the gutters (without permission) so the universe can breathe, why worry about embarrassment anymore?
Tldr; forget that roommate, their opinion only affects you if you let it.
It seems that your roommate likes being a dick to you stop interacting with them