Is it normal my friend said this?

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My friend and I were talking.

I said "I'm thinking about studying Psychology and doing a bachelors/masters in that" and she immediately replied with,"Can I be honest? I can't see you in that field"

When I asked her why, she said "your demeanor" and I decided to leave it be but that kind of bothered me. Was she claiming I don't seem the part? Do I seem stupid or something? I couldn't understand it.

Is it normal for friends to say stuff like this? I feel like she should have just let it go and not said anything.

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  • Asstastics
    9 years ago

    She is very impressionable and not capable of critical thinking.

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  • reminiscent
    9 years ago

    I think she was trying to be honest with you. I cant say if she was recently gutted or wrong since I dont know u....but iff its really bothering u talk to her about it.

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    • reminiscent
      9 years ago

      Damn auto correct
      right or wrong*

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  • NeuroNeptunian
    9 years ago

    Yeah, it doesn't sound like she was really insulting you.

    I am a Psychology student myself. I'm also a mechanic so they have a very real air of I'm-smarter-than-you-simpleton! in the way that they interact with me, despite most of them having no idea what they want to do with their degree, no practical experience in the field to begin with and working part-time at the JC Penney or some shit.

    They over-analyze things that they just analyzed after analyzing them following the original analysis. They take simple concepts and make them WAAAAY more complex than they need to be. The majority of them are women who want to "help" people when quite a few of them clearly need help themselves. Their egos are ridiculous. Congratulations, you're mastering a soft science that is loosely held together by correlative evidence while neurology (you know, the ACTUAL science part) rapes it of every old-school Freudian theory and common-sense-incorporated-into-fact-logic that Psychology has to offer.

    I probably just proved my point, but on one hand, she could be saying that you're not a pretentious dumbass whose pride is built on the ability to ask people how they feel or on the other, that you can't even solve your own life problems so how the fuck are you going to solve anyone elses'?

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    • slings_and_arrows
      9 years ago

      So why are you studying it, if real science rapes it?

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    • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
      9 years ago

      my car needs a new clutch

      when i put on my mothers clothes to shoplift a new one should i really bother shopliftin a throwout bearin too?

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      • SpellingCop
        9 years ago

        shoplifting*
        bearing*

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      • NeuroNeptunian
        9 years ago

        Just get the whole kit and all your fluids while you're at it. An especially large vaginal cavity should be sufficient to store a few quarts of oil...

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  • howaminotmyself
    9 years ago

    Perhaps she is envious of your goals and aspirations. But as a friend, she knows you a little bit. Maybe she doesn't see you as a listener. I don't know either of you to say which is more likely. Try not to over react and ask her why.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      9 years ago

      Alright well I didn't ask but it is odd because she vents to me all the time and I listen.

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  • KeepsakeDoll
    9 years ago

    Making friends requires you to show them some side of your personality.

    Once they're used to that version of 'you', they'll obviously have different opinions regarding things that doesn't seem fitting for the 'you' they know.

    Hope that makes sense.

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