Why don't people like me?

Why don't people like me?
--lauralark

With that question we'll assume the "people" who don't like you are of the general population, but we're referring to the people who have had some type of contact with you. The crucial word in this question is "like" which essentially means love (the world like is used instead of the word love because love often seems too strong and has hierarchical implications, romantic or sexual implications, or an understood hyperbole ["I 'love' avocados"]). But essentially, like means love, and the question "why don't people love me" is based on the idea that people who know you either love you or don't love you. The people who don't love you don't because: they think you were mean to them; they are racist; you remind them of the nun that beat them; they feel threatened by you; you are an American; they hate everyone of your gender; they are afraid of you; you stole their cold pizza out of the refrigerator; you did not use your turn signal; you owe them money; they do not love themselves and you remind them of them; they believed a lie someone told about you; you used the last of the toilet paper.* (The people who DO love you love you because they are loving people. They don't need a reason.)



*These are examples used for illustration purposes only. They are not meant to reflect a specific situation.