Fishing for Compliments
One day, my neighbor noticed that my husband’s car was parked at home during a workday and seemed quite interested in our personal affairs. I politely thanked him for his concern and explained that my husband was home because he was sick with a cold, assuring him that there was no need to worry. Apparently, our neighbor expected us to express more appreciation for his thoughtfulness and for my husband to call him later to shower him with praise for being caring.
Since we didn’t fulfill these expectations, we endured daily reminders from our neighbor about this “omission” until we eventually decided to move several months later.
