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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 18 March 2011 08:30:40AM 6 points [-]

3) "I'm sorry about how I reacted; even though I know on the level of rational probabilities that it's extremely unlikely you meant to hurt my feelings, I'm still working on getting my brain to alieve that and not just believe it."

Is lack of malice always enough?

What's a rationalist way of handling repeated inattention?

Comment author: ciphergoth 20 March 2011 10:43:25PM 6 points [-]

The rationalist way of handling X is whatever produces the best outcome overall.

Comment author: [deleted] 18 March 2011 03:04:31PM 4 points [-]

If there are no signs of improvement despite communicating dissatisfaction with this, update your beliefs on how important you really are to them (also the chances that they will leave you when someone more exciting comes along), reflect on how much this matters to your own satisfaction with the relationship & then take a continue or quit decision?

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