Getting Out of Responsiblity When You Hurt Somebody’s Feelings

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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0:29.6	Let's talk about how you get out of taking responsibility when you hurt somebody's feelings.
0:44.6	Hmm. In most marriages, most relationships,
1:00.8	somebody says to you, that hurt my feelings. Immediately you get defensive. Immediately you try to explain why you did what you did and of what relevance is that the person's feelings are hurt so basically you're not dealing with the truth
1:08.7	of what they're experiencing,
1:12.4	and you're just trying to make yourself look good to a person you already hurt.
1:17.6	You're hurt, yeah, but, no, my fault, it was Moonspots.
1:26.0	If only they knew our true intentions, they would understand and not be hurt and not be mad,
1:32.9	or don't care.
1:35.3	This is defensive and usually spend up with it, spend time gaslighting, all kinds of, making the person feel.
1:44.5	You're pushing them, you're manipulating them to feel as though they ought not have had a hurt
1:51.0	feeling.
1:51.9	Or if they had a hurt feeling, it was their misunderstanding.
1:55.6	Or if they had a hurt feeling, they're crazy.
2:03.5	They're crazy.
2:06.7	There's no reason for the hurt feeling.
2:09.9	Right now, I know 85% of you are nodding your head
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