Exactly that. We are not 100% responsible for making other Humans comfortable. We can't make them all happy. We are not pizza. :)

In fact, I'm rather more like an anchovie. An acquired taste.

Those people needed to walk out of my life. I lost a relationship I had for over 45 years to this madness.

I just can't anymore. I don't have the energy to do that.

We seem to be living parellel lives. With a lot of the same stuff going on. Perhaps it's a getting older/wiser/grandma thing. <3