“Don’t expect you from them” is a piece of wisdom I often share with my patients. Because I don’t expect them to remember it, I have that saying up on my white board at work.
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Whenever I hear somebody say “I can’t believe so-and-so would act that way. I would never do that!” I’ll say “Don’t expect you from them.”
If you do expect people to act or feel the way you would, you will probably be disappointed and resentful, and you may conclude negative assumptions about the other person, including “this person doesn’t care about me.”
Don’t expect you from me if you would offer more explanations or illustrations at this point, because I’m not going to.
I don’t expect me from you, so I have no idea how you’re going to react to the other images I have to share with you today.
Don’t expect you from them, including the Daily Bitch.
I have no expectations about what I’ll find when I search YouTube for “don’t expect you from them.”
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Don’t expect you from them but you can always expect gratitude from me for YOU.
