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I have a relative who attracts ‘cranky old people’. These seniors are loud, aggressive and quick to complain, cut in line, and demand special treatments as they are seniors. He ‘finds them’ all the time; I never seem to encounter them until I am out with him. I don’t witness them on my own.
I tend to attract ‘Ladies Who Lunch’ groups. These are usually 4 or 5 women who have left their spouses at home. They are never rude or aggressive, but they are very loud and talk all at once. If they are a younger, half of them are simultaneously talking on cell phones. They laugh a lot - shrieking laughs and brays are not uncommon. LWL talk about personal problems in public: I get to listen to who is breaking up with whom, and how Marsha’s plastic surgery is going, and (worse) what the absent women are doing.
Jung said ‘every country gets the foreigners it deserves’, meaning people tend to attract people who resonate with your psyche or psyche’s issues. It is intriguing to see people ‘into drama’ attracting people who are dramatic. People familiar with abuse often gravitate towards people who are abusive. One patient who was apt to find ‘the users’ would joke she could go into a room with 100 people and find the 2 who are users “Or they would find me. maybe I should change my perfume.”
Could be.
Do we send out vibes or karma that attract a certain sort to us for them to reveal truths about ourselves?
An intriguing idea.
If it is valid I wonder what I am to learn about LWL and my psyche’s relationship to them/that type.
Do you attract a certain sort of person when you are out and about?
