I have someone in my life that I realized that when someone said something to him, it was as if he needed to put it through a filter to figure out a way to correct it. It wasn’t always to correct but sometimes to enhance or add to but it felt like correcting often enough that even a little enhancement could be frustrating. Similar to the posts above about Janie is such a nice person! Response: Well, not always. Remember the time xyz? After years of this which, admittedly, took me years to figure out why I often became kind of grumpy after engaging in conversation, I figured out why and shared it with the person. Total denial but I’ve noticed ever since, it happens so much less often. This is also a person who doesn’t dole out too many compliments but sure does praise himself and wants to hear compliments. Very interesting how people can be so different.