Was recently talking to a guy who seemed to align with almost everything I want in a partner. He wasn't all that attractive but he wasn't ugly either, I could deal with that. Conversations were more about our common interests than what he thought of me or what he wanted with me, which was great.

Then, we spoke on the phone for 3 hours. And of those 3 hours, at least 2 of them were just him talking at me about his various traumas. He told me about how he resents his mother because she was unkind to him while he was growing up but only because she had "Housewife Syndrome" (whatever the fuck that is, I've never heard of it). He also brought up his ex... A LOT. Apparently his sister and his ex are still friends!

I was immediately bothered by this man's lack of filter with me, a total stranger. So I told him he was oversharing and his response was to tell me that he was sharing all his trauma in the hopes that I'd open up to him.

My response? BLOCKED. From everything. My friends think I'm harsh for that one, but nah. Fuck that shit.

In my experience, oversharing is an abuse tactic. There's no reason why anyone should be revealing information about themselves like that to a stranger.

UPDATE: Thank you for the Hugz!! 🥰🥰🥰