Psychology says people who never ask for favors aren’t independent, they learned that owing someone something was the slow first chapter of a story that always ended badly

Psychology says people who never ask for favors aren’t independent, they learned that owing someone something was the slow first chapter of a story that always ended badly

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The reluctance to ask for a favor isn't a personality trait. It's a forecast made by someone who learned, very young, what owing somebody actually costs.

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The reluctance to ask for a favor isn't a personality trait. It's a forecast made by someone who learned, very young, what owing somebody actually costs.

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