I really appreciated this response and I want to thank you for not losing your temper and for making space for real conversation because I think this is important.

I think this is one of those topics that needs to be an ongoing conversation between people in any kind of relationship. Partners, friendships. Even work. People shouldn’t write others off because of social blunders, but also shouldn’t tolerate behavior that’s unacceptable or intrusive.

Between cultural differences, trauma, insomnia etc we all have times when we can’t read social cues properly.

But it’s important to be self-aware enough to recognize these times and do our best to communicate our needs to others so we don’t inadvertently cause harm.