This is one of the things my wife complains about very frequently. I think it must be hard to understand reasons why this does not come naturally to some. I am an overly empathetic person and feel that I am extremely emotional, the problem is that I struggle to know how and when to show this. With my mum and my children it’s easy but anyone else it doesn’t really cross my mind. That isn’t because I feel any less of them but I am unsure as to why it is that way. Couple that with not liking holding hands or much in ways of hugging and I get why it would bother my partner.
During their next outing, he did this and was scolded by his wife who told him that she had only meant what she had earlier said as an example and that she hadn't meant for him to actually do this. She also complained that this act hadn't been spontaneous.
That sounds exactly like something I would do. Literal thinking at its best.
This is one of the things my wife complains about very frequently. I think it must be hard to understand reasons why this does not come naturally to some. I am an overly empathetic person and feel that I am extremely emotional, the problem is that I struggle to know how and when to show this. With my mum and my children it’s easy but anyone else it doesn’t really cross my mind. That isn’t because I feel any less of them but I am unsure as to why it is that way. Couple that with not liking holding hands or much in ways of hugging and I get why it would bother my partner.
During their next outing, he did this and was scolded by his wife who told him that she had only meant what she had earlier said as an example and that she hadn't meant for him to actually do this. She also complained that this act hadn't been spontaneous.
That sounds exactly like something I would do. Literal thinking at its best.
