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Stance Change

🕑 Added 2020-02-12 02:18:54 +0000 UTC

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Back in my day all we had were enemies. Nowadays people have so many friends they have to worry that they're secretly enemies. Must be nice.

Joe

Elliott. who hurt you so much, man??

Indigo

Such a woobie. I want to wrap him in a comfy and give him hot cocoa.

lilibat

Are you a writer on Grey's Anatomy because this is a textbook Grey's Anatomy awkward romance situation.conversation.

Evgeniy Semyonov

He probably got endurance also - otherwise he would be much more miserable working two jobs and making occasional social visits.

Churchill (formerly TeaBear)

Just gonna put this out there: "Friends with Benefits".

wait... there are people who *aren't* worried their friends secretly hate them? I don't think I've ever met one of these mythical beings....

SheepFace2000

Elliot you big anxious lovable cinnamon roll. C’mere. Let’s overthink things together.

William Davy

The longer this plot goes on, the more i find myself in Elliot. I thought i was Martin for the longest time, but Elliott came in and was all like, "LOOK AT ME. THIS IS YOU"

Stephen Smoogen

Sadly Elliot has a right to have that fear. I have known way too many people who have done this or had it done to. Elliot probably has seen it a bunch at the bars because that is where the "score" usually happens in this messed up game. Sometimes, the 'game' is meant to pick up the person on the rebound and sometimes it is just comes out as some sort of unconscious "I want some schadenfreude" desire.

Daniel Rydberg

Are you saying your life is a comic?

Autistic Observer

This coming from the guy who told Marten to 'think better of people'

Churchill (formerly TeaBear)

It;s not paranoia if it's happened to you before.

Churchill (formerly TeaBear)

Don't laugh at Elliot, Renee.... That is absolutely a Thing.

Thomas Halpin

Anxiety shouldn't be allowed to team up with paranoia

Jam Ussery

conversation between two characters who made charisma their dump stat. elliot blasted strength, renee went for high wisdom

Dan Curtis

This was me in Highschool

Alden Bates

Well, I wasn't worrying that until now....

Groan. Just Groan...

Elliott and I have unsettlingly similar personalities.

Lalo Martins

What's a ‘friend’? 🤔

is the poly ship finally setting sail.... pls jeph I need to know

Tamara Macadam

BABY

Bagge

I don't think Rene is the type to do any laughing in secret

SpookyPenguin

Ah my favourite paranoia

Milayna

And then it gets borne out when they suddenly block you on everything without warning

BobC

Wait. My friends could secretly hate me? That would explain *SO* much. Thanks!

Am Queue

Some of my best friends suddenly decided to cancel the upcoming D&D session because I was suddenly able to atttend, having gotten laid off from my weekend job. This was the second phone call; the first had been them saying, Oh great! so glad you can show up! And hten 2 hours later, this. Because the previous time I'd showed up during a vacation from work, I'd done something that had upset them. Which they hadn't told me at the time. And now were so upset over the possibility of it happening that they were planning on cancelling *the entire game* rather than tell me of a problem. This happened about 15 years ago. I still consider them some of my best friends, but on my side the friendship hasn't recovered, and I'm traveling 90 minutes each way to play with an RPG group because I can't bring myself to play with them anymore. I never thought I'd end up with friends who wouldn't tell me about a problem. I have no idea if I have anyone I consider a friend who would set me up for something *specifically in order to make fun of me when it fails*. I did have classmates in grade school who did that sort of thing. This is probably why I have so few friends.

Anthony Gaglianese

Oh, look, it's me, again.

Ted Van Roekel

Awwww, social anxiety is a bitch. Sorry Elliot.

runrin

poly poly poly

Yes, but also...yeah.

R L

Elliot, you adorable dummy.

Sleepy John

You're overthinking it again, Elliot.

I was going to say anxiety but then I remembered all the times I got anxious over whether or not I had anxiety

drone r0m-3

I know exactly how Elliot feels. (You're just being nice to me so you can watch me fail and laugh at me later)

Matt Grayson

Note to Renee: Words about feelings are not the same as words about facts. This causes immense problems talking about how one feels. "I'm afraid that you secretly resent me." or "I feel like you secretly resent me." is NOT THE SAME as "I believe that you resent me."

z

1-Elliot knows EXACTLY what kind of comic he's in, he's got that much meta awareness. 2-Google "Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria." Welcome to my life. And Elliot's.

David S

I possibly know people who tolerate me only because of shared social group, but I also have friends who I know wouldn't hesitate a second to tell me if they had a problem with me, and would tell me to f--- off in a heartbeat if they hated me.