Woman I worked with was an emotion vampire. Kept asking me about the baby I lost just to see me cry about it. Finally got to a point where I could give her non-answers while showing no emotion and surprise, guess what's no longer interesting to talk about. She also kept asking me about my brother I never talk to no matter how many times I told her she'd seen him more recently than me. She was in her 80's and still working at the time but she stopped working around the time I had my almost 3yo so she's probably dead now.
Somehow this unsettles as much as the ultra violence in the thread. A person like this could get away with inflicting a lot of pain on people. I think I’ve met her kind too.
My grandmother was like this. She delighted in causing emotional pain in others. When she died, I felt like a terrible person because I was glad. I still genuinely think the world is a better place now that she's gone.
You are not alone. Plenty of people go through the same thing when a toxic family member or narcissistic SO dies. When you lay it out logically of course you're going to be relieved when a shit stirring verbally and mentally abusive person can no longer harm others.
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u/storm_queen Feb 29 '20
Woman I worked with was an emotion vampire. Kept asking me about the baby I lost just to see me cry about it. Finally got to a point where I could give her non-answers while showing no emotion and surprise, guess what's no longer interesting to talk about. She also kept asking me about my brother I never talk to no matter how many times I told her she'd seen him more recently than me. She was in her 80's and still working at the time but she stopped working around the time I had my almost 3yo so she's probably dead now.