me, myself, and i

i dunno if this is going to come off the way i want it to…

but im often bothered by those people who are sort of….pretentious or fake or egotistical or self-absorbed. i mean, i don’t know how much/whether i do this too, because i can’t be objective when it’s my own life experience…but you know those people who always manage to relate everything back to themselves? i mean, i try to connect things to my own experiences, but i do so in a more thoughtful, reflective manner that clearly demonstrates that im trying to understand and process your experience/story the best way i know how, by trying to imagine living through it. i’m not trying to subtly brag or bring the conversation back to myself, as other people i know try to do. at first, it’s kind of like…okay…that was weird, whatever…but as this “quirk” repeats…it just makes itself more obvious and repugnant. i mean, if even you “complaining” sounds just like you boasting - only said in a different tone - ….well…something’s wrong….