Comment on What should I do if my girlfriend doesn’t listen?
frisbird@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
It sounds like the two of you have different coping strategies for trauma and that those two coping strategies are incompatible. You can’t make her do anything. Either she can be there for you the way you need her to, or she can’t.
may_be@thelemmy.club 3 days ago
I agree, TYSM
Eq0@literature.cafe 3 days ago
I would add some depth to this take. How long have you known each others? It might be that she is trying to lighten the mood and, in a misplaced effort to make you happy, strikes the wrong note. This is a crappy excuse an only works if you have been dating very shortly (a couple of months max) and only if, when pointed out, she makes obvious attempts at redirecting. I would not go as far as couples counseling, not worth it if she can’t see the problem and fix it herself.