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6 Reasons Sarcasm Kills Relationships

Last updated on: November 17, 2017 at 7:41 pm   by Shaunti Feldhahn

6 Reasons Sarcasm Kills Relationships 2017-11-17T19:41:03+00:00 Shaunti Feldhahn

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Male And Female College Students Arguing In Classroom

2. You’re training yourself to be cruel.
Of course you don’t think of it that way. But those quick-witted, sarcastic remarks that are so funny are mostly funny to you. The person you’re talking to may laugh and joke back, but they secretly sense a cutting truth behind the teasing. Or that the humor was trying to put them in their place. Neither feels good… and that’s a feeling you are imposing over and over again.

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