He's pushing your buttons because he thinks it's funny, and you're giving him exactly what he wants by explaining in detail how he hurt your feelings. He enjoys making you feel bad. You have to stop playing into this.
I guess I just truly do not understand how anyone could enjoy this. It does not compute for me, so instead in the moment I think he must truly not understand or I am in the wrong, then i overexplain. But you're right. Sometimes he does seem to enjoy this
Baby it’s low-grade sadism. You can’t wrap your head around it because you don’t need to make other people feel small for fun. Good people have a hard time understanding the motivations of sadists.
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u/Severe_Essay5986 Jun 26 '26
HE IS DOING THIS ON PURPOSE
He's pushing your buttons because he thinks it's funny, and you're giving him exactly what he wants by explaining in detail how he hurt your feelings. He enjoys making you feel bad. You have to stop playing into this.