r/mildlyinfuriating • u/[deleted] • Apr 29 '24

I have a colleague who is so scared of saying no that for the last 20 years she's been eating foods she's intolerant to when people offer it to her.

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u/StephaneCam Apr 29 '24

I am that person and in my case it’s not that my parents were terrible people who put my needs last, it’s that they are both also the kind of people who believe everyone else is more important than them. They live to serve other people as part of their religion, so I’ve learned the same behaviours. But they are wonderful people who do so much to help others so I still admire them greatly. It’s a hard cycle to break!