You know what is hell? Being in a relationship with someone who feels the need to constantly correct you when you speak. Whether it’s grammar or a “well actually…” in any other way. People like that absolutely know what they’re doing.
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I’ve dated this person and I noped right out after discovering that it only gets worse after you bring the disrespect they are serving to their attention.
I think in most cases anyone who corrects someone when you understood perfectly well what they meant is an asshole. I see it happen on social media a lot in an attempt to denigrate and it irks my nerves.
Sometimes when people correct me I stop what I was talking about and say something like “That’s interesting that you understood what I was trying to say yet still felt the need to interrupt and correct me, why do you think you do that?”
This was my ex. He either inserted himself in every scenario or constantly tried to one up me by correcting me. When I saw it for what it was, I swiftly removed him from my life
What if you're completely wrong? Not perspectives or opinions, but factually wrong?
I will correct my wife if she has info off and I know it. (And her to me.)
I don't kiss her butt so she knows when I do praise and compliment it's sincere and not some yes man suck up.
That’s not what we are all talking about lol. There’s loving correction and then there’s being an asshole. There’s a difference. Others in the comment got it so search them and see.
I can’t do it. Like I got pissed just reading your post. Their need to appear smarter at the expense of trying to make you feel like an idiot makes me viscerally angry.
I'm not even sure about being a capricorn, the renewed planet positions make me a sagittarius... Any sign might act out of insecurity, but I might've just been trained out of capricorn behavior by the water signs. Still prefer "to the point" talks or jokes instead of useless noise about the weather.
Reminds me of when I was living in Paris and went on a date with an American woman who kept correcting my French pronunciation (I grew up speaking it btw) with her horrific americanized version she obtained after 2 whole semesters of French. The confidence she had in “correcting” me was shocking
I’m 6'2", ex was 5'9", beautiful with a body to die for . However, she was a "Correction hag," constantly injecting herself into every aspect of my life. After five years, I left her. My friends asked, "How could you leave someone so beautiful?" My reply. "Beauty isn’t worth the price of control."
I find telling them face to face that it's not appreciated works better than complaining on social media. If they still don't stop it, tell them again when they do it in front of an audience.
Push back. Turn it around on them. Every time they do it mirror the behavior. Point out that you see what they are doing and that it will destroy emotional safety. If that fails tell them to fuck off. Their behavior suggests hidden inadequacy covered by this behavior.
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You can't do that to a person on the spectrum, it sparks my OCD.🤣
…I’m doing it right now, aren’t I.
Put it back on them.
I will correct my wife if she has info off and I know it. (And her to me.)
I don't kiss her butt so she knows when I do praise and compliment it's sincere and not some yes man suck up.
Do the kids still say yeet? 😂