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Negging tldr: Insults and communications that lower self-esteem can make an individual more compliant and more receptive to romantic advances, but probably leads to poor long term results (lemmy.perthchat.org)

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-attraction-doctor/201308/can-insult-make-you-fall-in-love

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[–] LightCyan 1 points 2 years ago

...with certain personality types of the recipient maybe, but I don't think it would work on everyone. I certainly would walk away from a romantic partner who did that to me. And of course I wouldn't do that to my romantic partner. An interesting article for sure! I agree with what it said toward the end: "we might want to arrange an overall cease-and-desist of such tactics"