manipulation tender_square "i did manage to take something away from that podcast that i didn't expect," she said. "the guy was saying that people who manipulate try to overwhelm. he used this example of walking back to his car with his wife and being approached by this man who just launched into this super long spiel, as though he'd been in the middle of a conversation with them, and they were getting increasingly uncomfortable and didn't know how to end the interaction. after ten minutes, the guy finally winds up to the reason for approaching, and asks for money. and the guy telling the story said that he and his wife were frantically going through their pockets for anything to give to the man to get him away from them. and i realized that's why your sister hates dealing with me through text and email, why she called me back-to-back-to-back on friday; she's better at manipulating orally, of throwing me off balance that way to get what she wants. those rapid-fire texts came in the same way she would behave in person." 230213 what's it to you? who go blather from